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Nokia N91

By David Field
13:55 Sep 13, 2006
Tags: n91 | phone | mobile | 4GB | mp3
Nokia N91
 
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Ah, convergence. Throw enough technology at any one device, and it'll end up replacing a few others.

Nokia’s high-end phones have always shared a style lineage. Generally sliding, silver phones which are destined for the pages of coffee table books about industrial design are the orders of the day. In keeping with tradition, the N91 has all these aesthetic qualities and every extra feature that they could fit in the case.

The N91’s trump card is the 4GB of internal memory, which from a storage perspective can sideline an iPod Nano. Layered on top of this is Symbian OS, a 2 megapixel camera, video and audio playback functions, Bluetooth, Wireless LAN and all the usual refinements.

All the proprietary connectors that used to tie you into Nokia accessories are gone, thankfully. Nokia has ditched the multi-pin connector of old and turned to a Mini-USB socket and Bluetooth to transfer contact details, calendar information, and of course, media to and from the phone. Audio flows into anything with a 3.5mm jack. There is a small connector that can control music playback like a wired Discman remote, but you can still use the controls on the front of the slider if you want to.

In another Discman inspired feature, there’s a hold switch at the top of the unit. The menu button is on the side of the phone, which itself is surprisingly chunky, and weighs more than we were expecting.

It’s very stylish, and signals the way that the rest of the phone product line will be heading in the near future. We’ve also seen a model from Sony Ericsson with 4GB of storage space, indicating that the phone companies are indirectly waging war on MP3 makers.

 
Product Info
Specs:
GSM/GPRS EDGE 900/1800/1900MHz + WCDMA 2100; Data transfer: WCDMA up to speed 384 kbps, EGPRS/GPRS (class B/multislot 10) up to 236.8 kbps; Audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, Real, WAV, WMA, M4A, AMR-WB, True Tones, AMR-NB; 3.5mm audio jack; CA-63U stereo audio jack; FM radio; Color display (176 x 208, 262k color); up to 4GB of internal memory; Video playback: 3GPP H.263, MPEG4, RealVideo; Image viewers: JPEG, EXIF, GIF, BMP, PNG; Camera: 2 Megapixel, Still Image resolutions: default 1600x1200, 640x480.
Supplier:
Price when reviewed:
AUD$1199
price check*
$8.91 Nokia Saver Charger - Nokia 6101/N91/6111/6280/N95/6103/6131/E60 [SCNOKN91]...
MegaBuy Technology Superstore (QLD)
$20.00 CAR CHARGER for NOKIA MOBILE PHONE - NOKIA 2mm (SCNOKN91)
I.Store (VIC)
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