Md Emran Hasan

Today I bought a Nokia N81 8GB smartphone from my friend Nesar. This is an upgrade from my previous Nokia 6300, which I’ve been using for 1.5 year (thats the longest time I’ve used one model). The Nseries of Nokia has been attracting a lot of people lately, with their great music and photo capture features. One of my colleagues, Anis, also bought N73 just two months back.

Nokia N81 8GB

Now, good points first. The N81boosts an extremely loud set of sterio speakers – combined with its Music Express, it delivers the highest quality of music I’ve ever purchased. Combined with the built-in FM radion, the dedicated music keys, and a multimedia menu – this is a music powerhouse, thanks to the all new Symbian 9.3 OS.

The Symbian OS is superb with all the applications and now has some stunning gameplay capabilities. The phone also has all kind of connectivity point you might need – GPRS, EDGE, Wifi, Bluetooth, WLAN, 3G. And don’t forget the built-in 8GB memory.

The only downside of this phone is the camera. It’s a 2 megapixel camera – which I don’t have any clue how got into a Nseries phone. If there is not enough light, the pictures are somewhat blurry. It has flash and a number of picture modes, so its a decent one – but nowhere in comparison with other Nseries 3.2mp and 5mp cameras.

All in all, here are the facts:

• 2.4” QVGA main color display (320 x 240 pixels), up to 16.7 million colors
• S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 based on Symbian OS v9.2
• Dedicated media keys for quick and easy access to music and video
• WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support
• Bluetooth Specification 2.0 (profiles supported: DUN, OPP, FTP, HFP, GOEP, GAP, SPP, HSP, BIP, A2DP)
• Micro USB 2.0 Full Speed (mass storage class)
• Nokia AV Connector 3.5mm
• Up to 2 megapixel (1600×1200 pixels) camera, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 15fps
• Zoom: digital up to 20x
• Front camera (CIF)
• Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
• Integrated flash (modes: on, off, automatic, redeye reduction)
• Rotating gallery with Navi wheel support
• Nokia Nseries digital music player supports MP3 (VBR), AAC, eAAC+, AAC+, WMA/M4A, WAV
• OMA DRM 1.x, 2.0, Windows Media DRM (OTI/OTA with Nokia Music Store*)
• Synchronize music with Windows Media Player 11
• Media keys (play/pause, stop, forward, rewind)
• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz /76-90MHz)

Let’s see how long it can serve my ever-growing thirst of technology

Yesterday I bought the Nokia 6300 cell phone – leaving the 5300 one of mine. I have been listening to people talking high regards to this model, but was not too sure about it. When I went to the shop and opened its 2.0 mp camera for a test capture, I was amazed by the clarity. It doesn’t have a flash, but captures picture greatly.

I then played a song with the loudspeaker and on the handsfree, and it also was of good quality – more or less same to my 5300. I tweaked the equalizer a bit and then I found that it’s actually louder than what I thought of – kudos to Nokia.

Main features of the Nokia 6300:

• 2 mega pixel digital camera
• High quality 2 inch screen
• Voice dialing, voice commands and dictophone
• Speakerphone
• USB/PC link up
• 256 MB memory expandable to 2GB
• MP3 player with integrated FM radio
• 3.5 hours talk time
• 14 days standby time

I also received a casing which makes the phone look perfect for businessmen/executives. Overall, I am very very satisfied with the set and think that it’s the best deal on this price level (BDT 15K).

Today I bought a new mobile phone set: Nokia 5300. Its a sporty set in the looking and has some excellent features such as the dedicated music keys and camera button, sliding movement, large keypad buttons, etc. The new XpressionMusic gives a better sound quality along with excellent radio. I like it overall – and the price is also reasonable for me: BDT 16,400 (comes with 1 years service warranty).