Nokia N73 GSM/UMTS-smartphone

The smartphones by Nokia are getting smaller with every release, and this case isn't an exception – in fact, it's the apex of miniaturization of smartphones incorporating QVGA screen. The Nokia N73 measures 110x49x19 mm in size and weights 116 grams. In future the dimensions in this series will vary within the limits of these sizes, further reduction won't take place. The model's display boasts a diagonal of 2.4 inches (37x50 mm) and capable of showing up to 262 colors (TFT) at a resolution of 240x320 pixels.

The area a top the display features a forward-facing VGA-camera for video calls in 3G networks; however it may deliver photos of self as well. Right next to the that camera you will find a light sensor, automatically adjusting keypad backlighting brightness and turns it off in case the illumination level is sufficient, this sensor also houses a Bluetooth indicator lamp.

One of interesting parts of this handset is introduction of new slide-show mode in gallery, it can be launched by holding corresponding key on side of handset. When transferring from one picture to another you see zooming effect, you can also select any ring tone or mp3 file that will be launched in background. Gallery is always displayed horizontally, it is slightly hard to master at first, especially in case you have a lot of files and you're looking for one specific. Creating custom albums and moving all photos into them can come up as a solution, but this method will not suit everyone. Timeline viewing option as in Sony Ericsson phones would fit this handset by 100%. When viewing every image alone you will be able to quickly send them to printer or add to special printer bucket.

Model is based on traditional TI OMAP 1710 platform (only N93 is using new platform) this makes it related with other handsets; processor frequency is 220mHz, there are 20.5mb of RAM, and user has around 42mb of memory for his needs. All data can be stored on memory card.

Bluetooth version is 2.0 and it supports EDR. Handset supports following profiles:
BIP-ImagePush;
DUN-GW;
FT-Server;
HandsFree-AG (1.0);
Headset-AG;
OBEX;
OPP-Client;
OPP-Server;
SIM Access-Server.

Unfortunately there is no A2DP support, this means that you cannot listen music via stereo Bluetooth headset.

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