Nokia N81

Nokia N81 Review – The Best Smart Phone for the Money

If you are looking for a good smart phone for the price, the Nokia N81 should be at the top of your list. Style and function meet in this wonderful smart phone. For example, this smart phone operates on both the 3G and 2G networks and has a size of 102x50x17.9 mm and a weight of 140 g. The internal memory is 12 MB storage with the potential of 8GB of memory by way of adding a microSD flash card. You have unlimited phone book entries as well as a detailed call record of up to 30 days.
The screen is 2.4 inches with a 16 m color TFT and measures 240×320 pixels and has a touch screen navigation wheel. Data and connectivity are also a plus with the N81. EDGE, GPRS, HSCSD, EG, USB, Bluetooth and WLAN all come standard. Your Internet connection will happen with a WAP 2.0 browser that includes Flash Light2.0. Included is a Symbian OS9.2 that will keep the phone running at top speed. For connecting to both friends and family, you have a variety of messaging options such as instant messaging, MMS, SMS and email messaging standard. Email formats read will include SMTP, IMAP4 and POP3.
The document files supported with the Nokia N81 include Zip, Excel, Word, PDF and Power Point. Your multimedia experience will be heightened with audio features such as music streaming, player, recorder and equalizer with the following formats supported: WMA, AAC, WAV, AMR-NB, MIDI Tones, MP4, MP3 SP-MIDI and Real Audio just to name a few of the formats supported. With the audio player you also have stereo sound.
You have two cameras on this particular phone. The primary is a 2.0 megapixel with a resolution of 1600×1200 with a 2x zoom. Included are a flash and self times. The recording for video is 15fps and resolution is 320×240 with a 4x zoom supporting MPEG-4 and H.263 formats. The video features include sharing, player, streaming, recorder, editor and video calling. The playback formats for the video include Real Video7, 8, 9, and 10 as well as H.264 and 3GPP. Your graphics will include the following formats: WBMP, MPR, PNG, JPEG, EXIF and GIF formats.
Power management includes a BP-6MT battery that standby time will rate at 17 days, WCDMA talk of 3 hours and GSM of 4 hours. For other entertainment options you have both a FM radio, visual radio and also is N-Gage compatible as well as downloadable Java games for your phone. Other features include T-9, organizer, and voice dial as well as push to talk. Your sounds included will be MP3 ringtones, vibration alerts, monophonic and polyphonic ringtones with a built in speakerphone. As of this writing, Nokia N81 comes in two colors: Graphite Gray and Cobalt Blue.
When users rated Nokia N81, they gave it 80 out of 100 which put the N81 into the good category. They rated the phone on such things as functionality, performance, features and design. Most were satisfied with the features of the N81. With so much functionality, it is easy to see why the N81 is a member of good standing in the N- Line of Nokia phones. With this dual mode phone, you can keep connected, be entertained and get informed all at the same time. You can get the max phone for the price by getting the N81 from Nokia. This is the best smart phone for the money and from a name that you trust.
Specifications:

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network	UMTS 2100
Announced	2007, August
Status	Available. Released 2007, November
Dimensions	102 x 50 x 17.9 mm, 86 cc
Weight	140 g
Display Type	TFT, 16M colors
Size	240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
	- Touch-sensitive Navi wheel
Alert types	Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, monophonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone	Yes
	- 3.5 mm audio jack
Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records	Detailed, max 30 days
Internal	12 MB storage, 96 MB RAM
Card slot	microSD, up to 8GB, hotswap, 2 GB card included
GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE	Yes
3G	Yes, 384 kbps
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g with UPnP
Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port	No
USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary	2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, LED flash
Video	Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary	CIF videocall camera
OS Symbian	OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
CPU	ARM 11 369 MHz processor
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio	Stereo FM radio; Visual radio
Games	Yes, N-gage + downloadable
Colors	Cobalt blue, Graphite grey
GPS	No
Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
	- MP3/AAC/MP4 player - T9 - Push to talk - Voice dial/memo - Organizer
Battery	Standard battery, Li-Po 1050 mAh (BT-6MT)
Stand-by	Up to 410 h
Talk time	Up to 4 h (2G) / 3 h (3G)