Nokia N79
Encyclopedia
Nokia N79 is a smartphone
and a member of the Nokia Nseries
multimedia smartphone family. It was officially announced by Nokia
on 26 August 2008. On January 14 of 2009 Nokia announced it would ship a sports edition, dubbed the N79 Active, that included a Bluetooth
heart rate monitor
, an armband and a new version of the Nokia Sports Tracker
application.
Photos:
Music:
Maps and Navigation:
Video:
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
and a member of the Nokia Nseries
Nokia Nseries
Nokia Nseries is a multimedia smartphone product family which is engineered and marketed by the Nokia Corporation.The Nseries devices are known to commonly support multiple high-speed wireless technologies, such as 3G, or Wireless LAN....
multimedia smartphone family. It was officially announced by Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
on 26 August 2008. On January 14 of 2009 Nokia announced it would ship a sports edition, dubbed the N79 Active, that included a Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
heart rate monitor
Heart rate monitor
A heart rate monitor is a personal monitoring device which allows a subject to measure his or her heart rate in real time or record his or her heart rate for later study...
, an armband and a new version of the Nokia Sports Tracker
Nokia Sports Tracker
Nokia Sports Tracker, later Sports Tracker was originally a piece of software for Symbian Series 60 phones that allowed its user to track their route, speed, timings and energy expenditure, while engaging in a sport activity such as...
application.
Features
- Automatically change from portrait to landscape with orientation sensor
- Automatically adjusts display brightness and keypad backlight with ambient light sensor
- Automatically change theme to the color of the battery cover
- Navigate using the NaviWheel
Photos:
- Geotagging of captured pictures,videos and view them on a map
- Organize photos by albums and tags, as well as synchronize with PC
- Upload and share pictures and videos directly to Ovi and other webservices
Music:
- Audio is through standard 3.5 mm jack headphones, built-in 3D stereo speakers, FM transmitter or Bluetooth technology
- Digital music player with support for playlist editing, equalizer and categorized access to your music collection
- Synchronize and manage music with Nokia Music client
- Integrated FM transmitter and FM receiver
- Search, browse and purchase songs online in Nokia Music Store
Maps and Navigation:
- Built-in GPS with A-GPS support and integrated three months navigation license
- Multimedia city guides and navigation services available for purchase. Drive (voice guided car navigation) or Walk (pedestrian guidance for walking routes) modes.
Video:
- Full-screen video playback to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
- Access internet video feeds through Nokia Video Center
- Access Youtube directly from your phone with integrated Flash Lite 3.0
- Transfer videos from compatible PC, using Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Specifications
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Candybar |
| Operating System | Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 |
| GSM frequencies | Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EGSM 900 |
| GPRS | Yes class A, multislot class 11, maximum speed 85.6/64.2 kbit/s (DL/UL) |
| EDGE (EGPRS) | Yes class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbit/s (DL/UL) |
| WCDMA | Yes 900/2100, maximum speed 384/384 kbit/s (UL/DL) |
| HSDPA | Yes, 3.6 Mbps (DL) |
| Screen | 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA), diagonal 2.4" |
| CPU | Single CPU, ARM 11 369 MHz |
| Internal Dynamic Memory (RAM) | 128 MB SDRAM |
| Internal Flash Memory | 83 MB |
| Camera | 5 megapixel camera(Auto Focus) with Dual LED flash, 20x digital zoom, Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar lens |
| Camera Lens Cover | Yes, acting as camera on/off switch. |
| Video recording | Yes,Main MPEG-4 VGA (640x480) 30 frame/s; Sound - dual mono, 48 kHz; Secondary (front) camera - Up to 2x digital video zoom 352 x 288 pixels (QCIF), up to 15 frame/s |
| Multimedia Messaging | Yes |
| Video calls | Yes |
| Push to talk | Yes |
| Java support | Yes, CLDC 1.1, MIDP 2.1, PDA (JSR 75) |
| Memory card slot | Yes, microSDHC (up to 8 GB Micro SDHC) |
| Bluetooth Bluetooth Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security... |
Yes, 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate |
| Wi-Fi | Yes, WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) |
| Infrared Infrared Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm... |
No |
| Data cable support | Yes, USB 2.0 via micro-USB interface with [USB mass storage device class] |
| Browser | Web Browser for S60 Web Browser for S60 Web Browser for S60 or the S60 OSS Browser, is the default web browser for the S60 mobile phone platform. It is the default browser for many old phones running on the Symbian mobile operating system and all new phones running on Symbian. It was developed by Nokia... |
| Yes | |
| Push e-mail | Yes |
| Music player | Yes |
| Radio | Yes, Stereo FM Radio with Visual Radio Visual Radio Visual radio is a generic term for adding visuals to normal audio radio broadcasts. Visual Radio is also a trademark for a Nokia solution for interactive radio with FM radio over a data connection.- Nokia Visual Radio :... support. FM radio 87.5-108 MHz with RDS support FM Transmitter FM transmitter (personal device) An FM transmitter is a portable device that plugs into the headphone jack or proprietary output port of a portable audio or video device, such as a portable media player, CD player, or satellite radio system. The sound is then broadcast through the transmitter, and plays through an FM broadcast... 88.1 - 108 MHz |
| Video playback formats | MPEG4, AVC/H.264, WMV, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo, with OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support |
| Video streaming | MPEG4, AVC/H.264, WMV, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP, |
| Audio playback formats | MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists, with OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support, Ogg with Symbian OggPlay, 24 hours+ playback |
| Integrated speakers | stereo speakers |
| FM Transmitter FM transmitter (personal device) An FM transmitter is a portable device that plugs into the headphone jack or proprietary output port of a portable audio or video device, such as a portable media player, CD player, or satellite radio system. The sound is then broadcast through the transmitter, and plays through an FM broadcast... |
Yes |
| TV out | Yes but slow down phone's performance badly |
| HF speakerphone | Yes, with 3.5 mm audio jack and A2DP wireless stereo headphone support |
| Battery | Nokia Battery (BL-6F) 1200 mAh |
| Talk time(maximum) | GSM up to 5.5 hours - WCDMA up to 3.5 hours while using on wcdma mode battery stands last to 2 hours only and phone also heats up badly |
| Standby time(maximum) | GSM up to 15.5 days - WCDMA up to 16.5 days - WLAN up to 7 days |
| Music playback time (maximum) | 10 h |
| Gaming time (max) | 9 h |
| SAR value | Type RM-348 N79 1.40 W/kg |
| Weight | 97 g |
| Volume | 74 cc |
| Dimensions | 110 x 49 x 15 mm |
| Navigation | Integrated GPS with A-GPS |