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While you can zoom in to make the texts bigger, you sacrifice cutting off some of content. Because of it’s width, smooth surface, and rounded corners, putting this phone in my pocket is also easy. Shiny. The first thing people notice is the shiny surface. Pressing it once shows you the last picture or video taken. I would make sure to buy a desktop stand that lets me use the power port. The Nokia N82 is also not a beauty queen, but people will buy this phone because of its features. The Nokia N95’s form factor looks closer to an imaging phone. Pressing the camera button halfway briefly shoots out a red light from the camera to assist in auto-focus. Placing calls on loudspeaker while holding the phone in your hands, decreases the volume of the call because one of the speakers is covered. The lines are not embossed, so the surface remains smooth. Pressing one of the keys illuminates the buttons helps. Because of this placement, the Nokia N82 sits upright nicely in my car’s cup holder while being charged. Connections Micro-USB and Power. The Nokia N82 connects to your computer through a micro-USB port. What I don’t like about the surface is the button labels are not very visible when the keypad lights are off. Like I said, some people like that while others don’t. Stay tuned or subscribe to the Nokia blog’s feed. —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Nokia N82Nokia N95 Review by the Nokialist Part 1Highly Possible Nokia N82 Nseries Launch in a Few HoursPreview: Nokia N82 Hands On Impressions by Symbian-FreakI’m Going To Finland For An Nseries Launch Next Week!Nokia N82 Sample Video of Xenon Flash Test Any standard ear/headphones fit. Guessing the buttons to press while not looking at the phone itself can get tricky. Side Buttons. The three buttons placed on the side are the camera button, gallery, and volume controls. A white color version for this phone is expected the first quarter of 2008. Display The Nokia N82’s screen display is 2.4 inches compared to 2.6 on the Nokia N95 and 2.8 on the Nokia N95 8GB. Jeremiah feels exactly the same about the excellent build quality in as written in the Nokia User’s initial Nokia N82 impressions. All the three phones have the same screen resolution of 240×320 pixels so the texts, images and videos will look smaller on the N82. I have to turn my Nokia N95 upside down in the cup holder whenever I am charging it. Some people don’t like the placement of the Micro-USB and power. This should really be a standard placement on all phones because it is a lot easier to listen to music while the device is in my pocket and the earphones are connected on top. In Ricky Cadden’s Nokia N82 first impressions, he says the placement of the micro-USB and power port gets in the way of desktop stands or car mounts with side grips. That’s 640×480 resolution in 30 frames per second! MicroSD and MicroSDHC. The Nokia N82 takes microSD and microSDHC cards on the side. You use to turn on/off the phone, as well as change profiles to silent, normal, outdoor,etc. Speakers Built for videos. Both the left and right speakers are placed on the right side of the Nokia N82. I need to bring it up to my face to have a closer look when I’m somewhere bright. I always show off to my friends, family, and even strangers the phones I carry around. Taking a closer look at the back of the phone, you’ll see some geometric patterns. They are also well-spaced out to prevent accidental presses. Go with the Nokia N82. People with bigger fingers might have a problem with upper buttons (left soft key, right soft key, menu, and clear). They share very similar features, but buyers will need to decide what they use more. Is the N82 basically the Nokia N95 in a candybar form? These buttons are not raised and share the same surface. After a week with the Nokia N82, I have prepared the first part of the review for this phone. The icons look great, and viewing photos or videos is not a problem. In the end, I think that the Nokia N82 won’t win any awards for its appearance, but its features make up for it. Nokia N82 at a conference room in Nokia House HQ. First Impressions The Nokia N82’s appearance does not stand out. The material is made of hard plastic. I do praise it for helping me become a safer driver. Yes and no. No signs of pixelation anywhere on the display. With this placement, movies on the Nokia N82 also sound great. The placement of the speakers benefit the movie-watching experience, but it takes away from everything else. I also notice that both the micro-USB and power are on the side of the phone instead of the bottom where I usually see it. Physical Conclusion Nokia makes the Nokia N82 the imaging flagship in their Nseries lineup and while it certainly lives up to that title, it doesn’t look like one. I recently found out that the microSD card on the LG Viewty is placed under the battery meaning you have to power down, open battery cover, and remove battery before you can take out the card. Nokia N95 versus Nokia N82 display size. Accessing the menus are fine to the eyes, but I don’t like browsing the internet on the N82. What I like about the placement is that I do not need to do anything else other than remove the card from the side with the flap cover if I want to take it out. You also notice the fingerprints a lot more because of the surface. Hard to see the labels when not lit. Color. The battery cover is not shiny like the front, but is warm titanium according to the box. Pressing the correct function means pressing right on top of the label. The product manager of the Nokia N82 said that they chose the smaller size because it was the most appropriate for the form factor they were targeting. Love taking pictures escpecially at night? There’s nothing special worth mentioning here. The 0.2 inch difference is noticeable. While they both share similar features, the Nokia N82 stands out as the winner in the imaging category. No loose parts or creaking sounds were noticed during my week of usage. Photo by Devin Balentina of the Nokia Guide. Standard 3.5mm jack. A 3.5mm jack is on top of the phone. It’s when I put it next to my Nokia N95 that it started bothering me. Right after taking it out of the box, I did not have a problem with the screen size. Noone jumps out and scream, “I love this thing.” The general consensus on the Nokia N82 is, “it looks okay.” Matt agrees by saying, “it is not the prettiest thing in the world by a long shot,” in the Nokia Geek’s Nokia N82 initial impression. That same jack also connects to the TV-out cable where you can connect the Nokia N82 to a TV. Pressing it again shows the thumbnails of the most recent pictures and videos taken. Side view of the Nokia N82. Power. The power is the only button on top of the Nokia N82. The phone will also not charge through the USB. Browsing the web and driving at the same time is harder on the Nokia N82 than on the Nokia N95. Sharp. While screen size bothers me, I love how sharp the display is. To fully appreciate the Nokia N82, however, is knowing what it’s capable of. Build Quality. The Nokia N82 feels great in the hands. The flash on the Nokia N82 is brighter than any phone I’ve owned. Currently the highest amount of storage available is 8GB MicroSDHC. I don’t want to talk about the camera functions and the way it works yet because that will be in the second part of the review, but the lens cover works great. However, the Nokia N95 (N95-3 model) seems to have a brighter display than the Nokia N82 when both settings are set to max. The Nokia N95’s display is slightly bigger and brighter than the Nokia N82. Buttons User Friendly. People may worry that the numbers on the keypad are too small, but they are raised enough so that pressing the buttons is not a problem. Taking pictures in dark environment makes you want to throw away your current cameraphones. Take a look at pictures taken by Devin from the Nokia Guide: desktop stand for Nokia N82. Otherwise take the Nokia N95 with the bigger screen for better overall experience in watching movies or browsing the web. The second part of this review will go through the Nokia N82’s functions like its camera and video quality, as well as general usage experience. They did not want the phone to be wide. It is very solid and does not feel cheap or rushed to production. I’m not sure if it is spring-loaded, but best way I can explain it is that opening and closing the lens does not feel “cheap” like on the original Nokia N95 (N95-1 model). The 5 megapixel camera with xenon flash on the Nokia N82. Xenon Flash. The xenon flash makes the Nokia N82 stand out in the Nseries. I absolutely love the gallery button. Jay says the keypads are very user friendly in Nseries Mobile’s Nokia N82 review. You can see that you will still be able to charge the phone while inside the stand. Nokia N82 inside a desktop stand. I find the texts too small to read. I am not that crazy about the color, but my girlfriend loves it. More on the camera features and thoughts in the second part. Many people consider the N82 simply as a Nokia N95 in a candybar form. I will talk about the physical aspects of the Nokia N82 and give a separate review of its features in an upcoming post. That is not completely true. Nokia made the decision to do this because they know that people watch videos in landscape mode. For example, the Nokia N95 and Nokia N81, these connections are at the bottom. This is great to show off to your friends and family the DVD-quality video recorded on the phone viewed on a bigger screen. That information makes me appreciate my Nseries devices more. Camera Lens Cover. The 5 megapixel camera on the Nokia N82 is protected by a lens cover. I love this thing.

Hands On Preview: Impressions Nokia N82 Symbian-Freak by
More details on that in the next post. —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:I’m Going To Finland For An Nseries Launch Next Week!Highly Possible Nokia N82 Nseries Launch in a Few HoursNokia N82Download Nokia N93 Firmware UpdateNokia N95 Preview from All About SymbianPreview of Nokia N95 by Symbian France Integrated camera protection Secondary camera: CIF I have a guess that the Nokia N82 will be announced next week on November 13th, because of an email invitation I received. People might be disappointed that the screen is only 2.4 inches compared to 2.6 on my recently reviewed Nokia N95 (aka N95-3 or N95 NAM version), and the 2.8 inch screen of the Nokia N95 8GB. Screen auto-rotation is cool, but it won’t be a unique feature to the Nokia N82 because of RotateMe 2.0 software available soon to the Nokia N95 with a built-in accelerometer. Auto Rotate settings on the Nokia N82 Availability and pricing is still unclear, but according to Ricky Cadden, the Nokia N82 specifications follows: Dimensions: 112 x 50.2 x 17.3 mm Weight: 120 g [Target] Memory: Up to 100 MB in-build, support for hot swappable MicroSD card (1GB in-box) Talk time: GSM: 280min, WCDMA: 180min (Target) Standby time: GSM: 270hrs WCDMA: 250hrs (Target) Main Display: 2.4″QVGA 240×320, 16M colors 5MPix, Autofocus, up to 20 x digital zoom. Real Xenon flash. Symbian-Freak has an early review of the Nokia N82. It also features auto screen rotation that Symbian-Freak claims to be better than the iPhone! The rotation is definitely smoother and looks better with the iPhone, actually to be precise with an iPhone you can actually see the rotation while the Nokia just switch from one to another mode without any kind of transition when rotating. Nokia N82 with a shiny metallic look. I would like to get my hands on this phone to see how good the flash is. What makes this new Nokia Nseries device stands out? It’s the first Nseries phone with bright xenon flash for better night photos. But that’s not all!

Surpass Multimedia Shipments in TV Phone 2008 Mobile Shipments
According to the MultiMedia Intelligence report, over 300 million units of multimedia feature rich mobile phones will be shipped during 2008 — which means outnumbering global shipments of TV sets. “Multimedia phones have at least 1 megapixal image capture, MP3 audio, video Playback, Java, USB, Bluetooth, 16-bit screen color, QVGA resolution, WAP and MMS.  Revenue from these handsets will be over US$76 billion.” If we are playing with numbers, and thinking what is the amount of Flash Lite enabled out of those 300 million devices, given that Nokia’s market share is about 40% now (in smartphones even higher) and probably all high-end Nokia devices have Flash Lite pre-installed, that would indicate at least 120 million Flash Lite enabled devices to the market during 2008. Given that there are already well over 300 million devices with Flash Lite capability, and for example Sony Ericsson is shipping products with pre-installed Flash Lite, during next year we might see amount of Flash Lite devices breaking the barrier of 500 million shipped devices. Read the MultiMedia Intelligence press release

Video Watching for Video: Hat Mobile Hands-Free Video
Nokia might think it’s a joke, but it could actually be useful in creating cool videos. I’ll be using this to create videos. —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Nokia N95 Preview at the Orange Partner CampReview: Using Youtube Mobile on the Nokia N95Highly Possible Nokia N82 Nseries Launch in a Few HoursPirates Preview of Nokia N95 is BackVideo: Can The Nokia N95 Stand on its Own?Preview: Nokia N81 Initial Thoughts I made a video of how it can be used! Video Here is my video with the Nokia N95 attached to the hat: Packaging Thoughts Can I see myself wearing this in public to watch videos? So far everyone who have seen me with the hat can’t stop laughing. I thought this was a real product for viewing videos totally hands-free but I think it is a viral marketing the Nokia Nseries for watching videos. I’ve seen it before at the Nseries sponsored Crown Point Festival here in New York City and was really curious about it. Absolutely not! I received a surprising accessory today in the mail for review: the Mobile Video Hat.

Want Don’t Develop So, to for article: Mobile? You Games
This article on GamesOnDeck.com is worth reading for any aspiring mobile game developer; it is pretty harsh vision about carrier / operator controlled mobile game market (very USA centric view), but gives some hope at the end

issues and Flash Ericsson Lite wallpaper Sony screensaver
If you are making, or planning to make, Flash Lite screensavers or wallpapers for Sony Ericsson mobile devices, it is a good idea to read what Hayden / Aviarts wrote about problems/issues related to them in his article. Read the article here

mobile phone 3.5 billion subscribers
And over 700 people subscribe every minute, APAC (Asia Pacific) leading the growth. Currently there are 3.5 billion mobile phone subscribers in the world, and the number of users has increased 12% from last year, according to this article by Forbes.

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and newer). Forum Nokia article of the week is How to make a battery indicator (compatible with Flash Lite 1.1. It’s a simple one pager, which proves making things with Flash Lite is a breeze There is a downloadable example source code as well.