The smallest of the N-Series range to date, the Nokia N79 is a more
compact descendant of the highly popular Nokia N95. Weighing less than
100g, the Nokia N79 is also the lightest handset in the series. In
spite of its compactness, Nokia have managed to pack in a bevy of
excellent features, including a 5 Megapixel camera, GPS support, super-fast HSDPA
connectivity, Wi-Fi, a decent multimedia player and an FM radio. The
N79 is a Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 smartphone.
The bar shaped N879 comes with a fairly standard 2.4" TFT display
with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and 16 million colours, which is
rather smaller than the screens found on some top-end N-Series
handsets. A built-in motion sensor automatically changes the display
for tall to wide when in camera mode. Located below the screen is the
same touch-sensitive navigation wheel that was first featured on the
suprise-hit Nokia N81. The flat keypad is also touch sensitive, though
this probably won't suit every user. Buttons tend not to be as fiddly
to use as flat keys, and are less likely to result in misspelled texts
or phonecalls to the wrong number.
A novel feature of the N79 is the three interchangeable XpressOn
covers which are supplied with the phone as standard. When you change
the handset's back cover, the phone ingeniously recognises the colour
of the replacement cover and can automatically change the interface
theme colour to match it.
One of the most striking features on the N79 is its 5 Megapixel
camera. Good quality photos are not just about the megapixels, so it's
good to know that the camera comes with a twin LED flash and autofocus,
as well as a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens for clear and detailed stills. The
geo-tagging feature enables you to attach GPS
location data to your photos. The camera doubles up as a video camera,
and the films you make can be uploaded directly to the web via Nokia's
internet service platform Ovi or a similar service.
The comprehensive multimedia player supports all the major audio
file formats including MP3, AAC, MPEG4 and WMV media files. Whilst the
inclusion of an FM Radio is fairly common in mobiles these days, the
N79 also has an FM transmitter, which enables you to play tracks back
through a car audio system wirelessly. Thankfully a 3.5mm headphone
jack also features.
The Nokia N79 supports GPS and A-GPS
will come with Nokia Maps. Customers will have to pay for Nokia's
turn-by-turn navigation application and for city guide packages.
The N79 is a quad-band GSM phone with dual band 900 / 2100 MHz UMTS and HSDPA
support. The handset supports Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth 2.0 and USB
2.0 connectivity. The 1200 mAh battery provides up to 3.5 hours
talktime on 3G and up to 5 hours on GSM. Maximum standby time is just
under 17 days with up to 24 hours of music playback in offline mode.
| Make |
Nokia |
 |
GPRS |
 |
| Model |
N79 |
|
3G |
|
| Air Interface |
HSDPA / GSM |
|
HSDPA |
|
| Coverage (Band) |
Quad |
|
Wi-Fi |
|
| Handset Type |
Standard |
|
Bluetooth |
|
| Dimensions |
49 x 110 x 15 mm |
|
IrDA |
 |
| Weight |
97 g |
|
USB |
|
| Talk time |
Up to 5 hours 30m |
|
GPS |
|
| Standby time |
Up to 372 hours |
|
Push e-mail |
|
| Camera |
|
|
Predictive Text |
|
| Camera Flash |
|
|
MMS |
|
| Video Camera |
|
|
E-mail |
|
| Audio Player |
|
|
Memory Card |
|
| FM Radio |
|
|
Java |
|
| Ringtones |
|
|
Browser |
|
| Headphone Jack |
|
|
Organiser |
|
| Games |
|
|
Touchscreen |
|
| Internal Memory |
|
|
Vibrate |
|
| Video Calling |
|
