Dear sir. How does it compare with N82? Please reply to my personal id [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mittal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mobile Review" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:25 PM Subject: [AI] Nokia N78
> Nokia N78 > Shannon Rodricks > > Symbian OS, Navi Wheel, Varied connectivity features, GPS, Good battery > life, Good music playback capabilities. > Poor build quality, GPS takes too long to position, Unexplained restarting > of the phone at times. > > The Nokia N78 is the latest in the N-Series to grace our lab and it has > definitely created hype among those who love the N-Series phones. Boasting > a number of connectivity options - GPS and Nokia Maps, Series 60 version 3 > feature pack 2 and the quality that we have come to expect of Nokia's > premier series - it is definitely set to impress. > > Incidentally, it is only the third N-Series phone to boast of an inbuilt > GPS module and the first to have the Feature Pack 2, which promised a > range of improvements, so this was a phone that Nokia fans would > definitely look out for. > > Bundle > > The phone comes with a pretty basic but functional bundle. > The bundle includes: > Nokia N78 handset, Charger, USB cable, Media remote and Headset, PC > connectivity software DVD and Manuals. > > Build Quality and Design > > At first look, the phone is highly reminiscent of the N81 albeit with a > visible keypad and few other changes. The exterior of the phone is > plastic, which brings down the looks of the phone considerably. The phone > has a three-color scheme with the front, sides and the back differentiated > by different colors. > The front of the phone is glossy black with a few touches of silver, which > naturally attracts fingerprints. Unfortunately, the keypad picked up more > fingerprints than the screen itself. Also, since the screen is high gloss, > the legibility suffers in sunlight. > The keypad, apart from being a fingerprint magnet, has got another major > flaw - the design. There are four raised lines with each line encompassing > three numbers, devoid of separators between them. The keypad is > essentially one piece, except for the D-Pad and the Multimedia key, which > causes more than a few problems. Firstly, the call answer key also acts as > the left soft key for unlocking the phone. When you press the call answer > key while the keypad is locked, it displays a message saying, "Now press * > ", which should only show up if you press the left soft key. > The D-Pad offers four-way navigation and the center key acts as a > selection key. The sides of the D-Pad are touch sensitive and serve as a > navi-wheel in certain menus and applications. To the right of the D-Pad is > the multimedia menu shortcut key that brings up the Multimedia menu, > Nokia's additional way to browse your multimedia content, maps, special > contacts and recent Maps. > Just above the screen, at the top right edge is the secondary VGA camera > right next to the light sensor. > To the left of the phone are the micro-USB port (left uncovered), microSD > card slot, charger connection and one of the loudspeakers. There's another > loudspeaker at the bottom left side of the phone and one at the top right > side. > To the right of the phone are the volume control keys and the camera key. > To the top of the phone are the 3.5mm headphone port and the power key. > > The bottom of the phone is bare except for a hole for the safety strap. At > the back of the phone is the camera lens with the accompanying flash. > On the whole I was not impressed with the design or the build quality of > the phone. The attraction to fingerprints is a serious turnoff, add to > this the bad design of the keypad and you get something that neither looks > nice nor feels nice. > > There are also a lot of issues with the build of this phone. Firstly the > battery cover is very shaky. Secondly, there are a lot of gaps between the > joints, especially between the one-piece keypad and the main body. When > the phone is held with a little force it creaks, something that you > wouldn't expect in a phone in this price bracket. > Interface The phone operates using the Symbian Operating System S60 v3.2. > The workhorse is an ARM 11 369Mhz processor and its assisted by 96MB of > RAM which ensures that the phone is kept running even under sufficient > load. This is the first phone to pack in the FP2 for the Series 60 3rd > edition and the changes are quite noticeable. > Some of the few changes are below: > 1. Multi-tasking > The multi-tasking feature has been highlighted. Apart from bringing down > the current running applications list by holding down the menu key, you > can now also access the list through the options menu in any application. > The menu is displayed not vertically dropping down from the top-left > corner of the screen but rather is setup horizontally at the bottom of the > screen, displaying more applications. > 2. Middle Soft Key > In the previous versions, the middle key was relegated to just one > function (Selection/OK). Now this key too can be used as a soft key, and > brings up a variety of menus depending on the application. > 3. Active Standby > Applications shortcuts on the standby menu can now be lined up vertically > on the left edge of the screen, besides the usual horizontal setup. When > the vertical setup is used and a shortcut is highlighted, options > associated with it are displayed on the right. > 4. Menu > Navigation through the menus has become more visually appealing by > switching between menus being represented by a sliding off the former menu > to one side of the screen and then disappearing to make place for the > latter. There are two new menu display styles too, catered especially to > those phones with a Navi wheel. These are of the horseshoe style and the > 'V' style. > 5. Profile Switching > Feature Pack 2 supports automated switching of profiles depending on the > time. So no need to put your phone into silent mode every time you are in > class or in a meeting, it will do it automatically. > 6.Themes > > The themes application has also got a few additions with the ability to > set your own screensaver using the pictures in your gallery as a > slideshow. > > 7. Caller Identification > Prior to this feature pack, you needed to install a third party > application in order to view a photo or picture for the current caller. > This has been incorporated into the OS itself now. > > 8. Audio Themes > > For those who like the ability to set your own ring tone and message tone, > you are going to love this feature. It lets you set audio themes for > different types of events like call events, calendar events, messaging > events, and alarm clock. You can set up a number of themes and then > activate the one you like. So while the profile application handles the > ring type, this application will grant you better control over the tune > played. > On the overall I didn't face any problem with the phones interface. The > processor ensured that the phone ran smoothly even under heavy load. What > I did face though was sudden unexplained restarts at times when I utilized > my own headphones with the 3.5mm jack. > > Camera > > The phone packs a 3.2 megapixel camera that can capture images at a > maximum resolution of 2048x1536. Since this is an N-Series phone, Nokia > wasn't happy just putting that so they added an autofocus capability, Carl > Zeiss optics, and a flash for late night shooting. > The final output from the camera gets mixed ratings. The pictures were a > bit noisy and blurred but the color reproduction was amazing. > > Music Player > > The music playback on this phone is definitely one of the better ones in > the N-Series. The 5 presets, the 8-band equalizer and the ability to > define your own presets are a definite treat. The quality of the player > was good in most cases but at times there was distortion of the higher > frequencies. > There was no real problem with the interface. It was fast and navigation > through my long music library wasn't difficult due to the presence of the > Navi Wheel that performed admirably. For those of you who hate wires going > all over you in order to listen to music, there's good news. The phone has > A2DP support so you can stream your music directly to your Bluetooth > headset. > The bundled headset was the standard headset that comes with all NSeries > phones. The 3.5mm jack lets you use your own head/earphones, which will > give you a better listening experience. The 8-band equalizer is a definite > boon to the music lover. There are 6 presets, which are fully customizable > according to the users liking. > > FM Reception > > The FM reception on this phone was a little above average. It was fast in > picking up the stations and reproduced sound perfectly. However, it missed > out on two stations, which had to be added to the presets manually. > > Office Applications > > The phone has the ability to read spreadsheets, documents, rich text > files, text file and powerpoint presentation files. Support for editing > them though will cost you a little extra. The phone also has the ability > to open pdf and zip files. > > Connectivity > > The N-Series is all about the connectivity. The N78 doesn't disappoint in > this regard. Apart from the standard Bluetooth and USB cable connectivity, > it also possesses WiFi, which improves on the productivity aspect of this > phone. The phone supports 3G, a network that is not yet available in our > country but shouldn't be long before it is here with all the hype > surrounding the iPhone. > > 3G coming to India. > > The phone comes with a built in html browser but for those bitten by the > OperaMini bug, you shouldn't have a problem installing the same. > > GPS and Nokia Maps > > The phone comes preloaded with very detailed Nokia Maps. Apart from that > it also offers you photo-tagging and adding your own placemarks. Pair this > with the A-GPS facility and the chances of you getting lost are miniscule. > Sadly though, the GPS facility of the phone that I was testing was not > operational. It failed to position me on the map no matter how long I > stood in my garden waiting. > > Battery > > The battery lasted a little over two days with about an hour's worth of > talktime, 3 hours of music playback and an hour of video playback. This > phone is meant for those who love to travel, as in people who require GPS > to find their way around. GPS (and also WiFi) is a major battery hog and > they will cut down the above value by about half. This means a day's worth > of usage with considerable usage of GPS and/or WiFi, which is pretty good. > > Call quality > > The N78 delivered excellent call quality. The audio quality is excellent > and the reception quality is good. While testing the phone in the train, I > did encounter a significant drop in quality but only in certain areas. But > that was more of a service provider problem than that of the phone. > > Conclusion > > The phone currently retails at Rs. 19,000. Consider that for this price > you get 3G, the tried and tested Symbian series, a 3.2MP camera, GPS, > WiFi, GPRS, an above average camera and audio player, great battery life > and excellent call quality. Now compare it to the two other phones in the > N-Series that incorporate GPS - the N95 and the N82. Both have all the > above features and replace the 3.2MP camera with a 5MP camera. Now > consider that the N82 has dropped below the 20K mark and the N95 (not the > 8GB variant) is around 21,000. I would opt for the 5MP camera. Also, the > new entrant, Nokia 6220c, which has all the features of the N78 except for > the WiFi, and upgrades the camera to 5MP and the RAM to 128MB and also > throws in a TV-out functionality. For those of you who do not need WiFi > that much, this phone will be a better option over the N78 and that too > for Rs.1,500 less. > > Source: Text100 > > > Explore your hobbies and interests. 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