When looking at the Nokia N81 8GB, one immediately feels that one is looking at a media-centric handset due to the dedicated media buttons and 3-5″ headphone jack. Media-centric handsets usually have excellent cameras - can the N81 8GB stack up?
Hardware-wise, the camera remains on the level of the N71’s - 2MP, fix focus and a flash LED. Even though the camera software looks like the one found on higher-end models like the N82, the image quality still isn’t exactly high-end even on outdoor/daylight shots(click on the samples below for full-size):
As usual for LED phones, shots in the dark turn out really really bad:
Without flash, images aren’t too much better:
The phone has digital zoom - its effects on image quality IMHO don’t need to be explained:
In the end, the N81 8GB’s camera is a mayor disappointment - yes, the 2MP images are decent and all, but not what you expect from a highend phone…
Tune in soon for a look at the system software!
After having spit out a few images of the SE BeiBei, the rumor mill keeper has brought along these pictures of yet another UIQ handset from Sony Ericsson(bringing the total number of handsets up to four: G700, G900, BeiBei and Paris):
Anyways, the box seems to have a “dual-tap” keyboard and a 5.0MP camera in the back - further information is not available as of now…
Reuters’s recent story about Nokia’s plans to “offer a lot of new phones” in the USA apparently wasn’t just talk - the company has now backed uü its claim by achieving FCC certification for their S60-powered 6210 Navigator.
Anyways, the device’s product page over at the FCC’s contains a few nice pictures and a draft of the manual in PDF format - people who don’t have a PDF viewer on their phone can always find one(or, at least, a free trial of one) in the TamsShop!
Motorola really seems to believe in its non-touchscreen UIQ phones - after rehashing the Z8 for Korean markets(Motorola Z8m), the Z8’s corpse got yet another adrenaline injection ans was transformed into a Ferrari-branded phone that is said to retail for 600$:
I personally consider this a bit confusing, as the successor of the Z8 has been on the road for quite some time. Also, wasn’t Acer responsible for the creation of Ferrari devices so far(they had a few laptops and even a GPS PDA)?
P.S. The folks at JAMPB managed to snag up two videos of the box - give them a click for the full scoop.
The rumor mill keeps churning up more and more info about the Nokia E66/E71 every day - after giving us a possible release dance, the mill keeper now hands out in-the-wild snaps of the new boxen:
Engadget Mobile has a few more - give them a click for the full scoop!
The folks at Sony Ericsson Blog managed to get their hands on a person owning a prototype of the so-called BeiBei handset - and just released the following pictures:
As of now, little else is known about the device - stay tuned for further info.
P.S. Some sites have recently attempted to peddle photos of the G700/G900 as BeiBei shots. Please visit our gallery of G700/G900 pictures to avoid getting fooled!
For ages, Nokia’s n-series phones have been based on QVGA screens. The Nokia N81 8GB is no exception - can its screen stack up?
Here are a few shots next to a Treo 680:
The next victim came in the form of the rx4240:
Finally, the N81 faced its distant predecessor N71(on the right):
Weirdly, the N81 can not turn off its screen backlight completely - for me, this looks like we are looking at a TFT screen like the one found on the rx4240.
In the end, the N81’s display is a bit more reddish than the ones found on other devices. Whether you like the reddish cast or not is essentially a matter of taste - the age of screen bloopers seems to be gone for good…