Nokia N90
Encyclopedia
The Nokia N90 multimedia is a smartphone
with two displays and Carl Zeiss
optics (made by Konica Minolta
). It has a 2 megapixel built-in digital camera
with autofocus
, 20× digital zoom
, integrated flash
, macro mode and the ability to record high quality video (352×288
MPEG-4
video with AAC-LC
audio). The phone has no vibration feature. The screen swivels through 270 degrees so that the phone can be handled in a 'video camera' style. The camera lens
also swivels to allow shots from unique angles.
It uses the Series 60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3 user interface and the Symbian OS 8.1a operating system. Recent revisions also ship with Version 2 of the Nokia Lifeblog
software.
The N90 does not have a built-in hard disk drive like the Nokia N91
but it features 31 MB flash memory
and is usually packaged with a 64 MB or 128 MB in-box DV-RS-MMC memory card. Nokia continues its recent tradition of bundling a USB data cable with the phone, previously an aftermarket item priced close to US$40. A 1 GB memory card allows storage of four hours of video on the handset.
The Nokia N90 began shipping in Q2 2005. It is available in countries such as Australia
, Singapore
and India
, and in Q1 2006 was made available in the United States.
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...
with two displays and Carl Zeiss
Carl Zeiss
Carl Zeiss was a German maker of optical instruments commonly known for the company he founded, Carl Zeiss Jena . Zeiss made contributions to lens manufacturing that have aided the modern production of lenses...
optics (made by Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta
is a Japanese manufacturer of office equipment, medical imaging, graphic imaging, optical devices, and measuring instruments. It is headquartered in the Marunouchi Center Building in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with a Kansai office in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture...
). It has a 2 megapixel built-in digital camera
Digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
with autofocus
Autofocus
An autofocus optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus fully automatic or on a manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system has to be done manually until indication...
, 20× digital zoom
Digital zoom
Digital zoom is a method of decreasing the apparent angle of view of a digital photographic or video image. Digital zoom is accomplished by cropping an image down to a centered area with the same aspect ratio as the original, and usually also interpolating the result back up to the pixel...
, integrated flash
Flash (photography)
A flash is a device used in photography producing a flash of artificial light at a color temperature of about 5500 K to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a dark scene. Other uses are capturing quickly moving objects or changing the quality of light...
, macro mode and the ability to record high quality video (352×288
Common Intermediate Format
CIF , also known as FCIF , is a format used to standardize the horizontal and vertical resolutions in pixels of YCbCr sequences in video signals, commonly used in video teleconferencing systems. It was first proposed in the H.261 standard.CIF was designed to be easy to convert to PAL or NTSC...
MPEG-4
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
video with AAC-LC
Advanced Audio Coding
Advanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
audio). The phone has no vibration feature. The screen swivels through 270 degrees so that the phone can be handled in a 'video camera' style. The camera lens
Swivel lens
A swivel lens is a lens that freely rotates while attached to a camera body. They are used on some compact digital and video cameras . These lenses make it easy for a photographer to aim a camera without moving around too much. Swivel lenses come in different sizes and shapes...
also swivels to allow shots from unique angles.
It uses the Series 60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3 user interface and the Symbian OS 8.1a operating system. Recent revisions also ship with Version 2 of the Nokia Lifeblog
Nokia Lifeblog
Nokia Lifeblog is a multimedia diary and website administration tool that automatically collects all the photos, videos, and sound clips that the user creates on the mobile phone, text messages and MMS messages that were sent and received. It also allows the user to create text and audio notes...
software.
The N90 does not have a built-in hard disk drive like the Nokia N91
Nokia N91
The Nokia N91 is a mobile phone that was released to the public in April of 2006. It is part of the Nokia Nseries range of mobile phones. At the time of release, it was the most advanced music phone ever launched by nokia. N91 also won the 'Most Innovative Product' award in recognition of its true...
but it features 31 MB flash memory
Flash memory
Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
and is usually packaged with a 64 MB or 128 MB in-box DV-RS-MMC memory card. Nokia continues its recent tradition of bundling a USB data cable with the phone, previously an aftermarket item priced close to US$40. A 1 GB memory card allows storage of four hours of video on the handset.
The Nokia N90 began shipping in Q2 2005. It is available in countries such as Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and in Q1 2006 was made available in the United States.
Specification sheet
| Form factor | Clamshell / Transformer |
| Operating System | Symbian OS v8.1a, Series 60 Feature Pack 3 |
| Processor | TI OMAP 1710, 32-bit RISC ARM9 @ 220 MHz |
| GSM frequencies | 900/1800/1900 MHz |
| GPRS | Yes, class 10 |
| EDGE (EGPRS) | Yes, class 10 |
| WCDMA | Yes (2100 MHz) |
| Main screen | TFT, 262,144 colours, 352×416 pixels (2.1 inches diagonally) |
| Second screen | TFT, 65,536 colours, 128×128 pixels |
| Camera | 2.0 megapixels (photo light, 20× digital zoom) |
| Video recording | Yes, CIF (max. clip length 2 h) |
| Multimedia Messaging | Yes |
| Video calls | Yes |
| Push to talk | Yes |
| Java support | Yes, MIDP 2.0 |
| Built-in memory | 31 MB |
| Memory card slot | Yes, DV RS-MMC / MMC-Mobile MultiMediaCard The MultiMediaCard is a flash memory memory card standard. Unveiled in 1997 by Siemens AG and SanDisk, it is based on Toshiba's NAND-based flash memory, and is therefore much smaller than earlier systems based on Intel NOR-based memory such as CompactFlash. MMC is about the size of a postage... |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Infrared | No |
| Data cable support | Yes |
| Browser | WAP 2.0 XHTML / HTML |
| Yes | |
| Music player | Yes, stereo |
| Radio | No |
| Video Player | Yes |
| Polyphonic tones | Yes, 64 chords |
| Mp3 ringtones | Yes |
| HF speakerphone | Yes |
| Offline mode | Yes |
| Battery | BL-5B (760 mAh) |
| Talk time | 3 hours |
| Standby time | 12 days (288 hours) |
| Weight | 173 grams |
| Dimensions | 112×51×24 millimeters |
| Availability | Q2/2005 |
| Else | Quickoffice office suite |
External links
- Twice The Honor: Nokia N90 and Nokia N91 Win A "Best Of What's New ...
- Award-Winning Nokia N90 Now Shipping in the US
- Nokia N90 voted European Media Phone of the Year
- Official Nokia N90 Product Page
- N Series Talk Nokia N Series Forums and Community
- Official N90 Blog