NOKIA N73 REVIEW

The latest Nokia N73 combines a high-quality camera with Internet capabilities on a huge screen. It’s a fact of life - inspiration can come at any time. Get ready with the N73’s handy 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. Capture and print quality photos and view them on a 2.4? screen. A smart gallery organizing and sharing feature makes sharing your favorite photos with friends and family simple and fun.
The phone is available in three wonderfully designed color combos: silver grey/deep plum, forst white/metallic red and frost white/mochabrown.
3G or quadband EDGE/GSM networks, the Nokia N73 has all the variety of a multimedia computer enabled with the S60 3rd Edition Software on Symbian OS. Includes support for browsing, email and Internet.
A high-quality 3.2 megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixels) camera with Carl Zeiss optics, the Nokia N73 provides ‘real’ photo quality up to 10? x 8? (25 x 20 cm). The mechanical shutter and advanced auto-focus will give your photos sharper, more crisp detail. Once you’ve snapped your photos or videos, viewing them is a simple pleasure on the large, high resolution 2.4 inch full screen landscape viewfinder.
Less than 90cc, the high-performing Nokia N73 not only travels with you, but also has intuitive functionality for additional ease-of-use. In fact, every aspect of the Nokia N73 has been designed to make photography easy. The dedicated controls for capture, zoom and review, together with the active toolbar interface provide intuitive and fast control of key camera functions.
Nokia N73 users will also be able to use Amazon’s Mobipocket. Reader and Amazon Anywhere(TM) features, which will be preinstalled on the phone in certain areas. With Amazon Anywhere shoppers can get immediate access to Amazon’s expansive selection and search customer reviews, receive personalized recommendations and shop right from their Nokia N73. Mobipocket Reader transforms your multimedia computer into a universal eBook reader with access to more than 25,000 eBooks from major US, German, French and Spanish publishers.
Looking at the design of N73, it will appear that Nokia has put in various technologies in the handset, especially as regards to the image front, in order to impress the users, while it has maintained the basic functionality. In order to attract a mass appeal for the phone, N73 is offered in three different trims, Silver Grey/Deep Plum, Frost White/Metallic Red, and Frost White/Mocha Brown. There is not much of a difference when you compare the two colour types, Deep Plum, Mocha Brown, but the Metallic Red stands out against the background, providing the reason why it is appealing to women end-users.
While commenting on the display of Nokia N73, the 2.4 inches diagonal screen, presents a great look, with its 240×320 pixel resolution, and 262 colours TFT display. The picture on this screen is satisfactory, and with a translucent metallic substrate layer on the screen, the display is quite legible even in the Sun, The keyboard on Nokia N73, is located at the bottom of the handset, and shows a bit of congestion. However, the phone can be managed with one hand, though it becomes awkward at certain times. It is somewhat difficult to use the functional keys, such as, menu, edit, C, Multimedia. With the keypad lit by a blue backlight, it is operable in almost any environment.
The joystick in Nokia N73 is difficult to operate, being practically embedded into the casing. Never-the-less the N73 is a fast tool for email and SMS communications. The left side of the phone has the infrared window, with the holes for a carrying strap being located at the bottom. The slot for miniSD memory cards is located at the lower rim covered with a protective flap. One of the remarkable features in N73 is the presence of two speakers, providing a stereo experience. These two speakers are located at the top and bottom of the phone respectively, may be owing to space constraints. Nokia N73 features 3D ringing tone effect, and can apply various audio trajectories and reverberations.