Nokia N93
Encyclopedia
The Nokia N93 is a smartphone
by Nokia
especially designed for multimedia use. It was introduced in April 2006 and released in July 2006.
The N93 has improved camera capabilities compared with the earlier N90
. The phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss
optics and 3x optical zoom as well as a 30 fps VGA-resolution MPEG-4 video recording capability. It was the most advanced camera phone from Nokia at the time of its release.
edition which included a memory card preloaded with the movie and a Mission: Impossible III
theme.
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...
by Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
especially designed for multimedia use. It was introduced in April 2006 and released in July 2006.
The N93 has improved camera capabilities compared with the earlier N90
Nokia N90
The Nokia N90 multimedia is a smartphone with two displays and Carl Zeiss optics . 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 . The phone has no vibration feature...
. The phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, 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 and 3x optical zoom as well as a 30 fps VGA-resolution MPEG-4 video recording capability. It was the most advanced camera phone from Nokia at the time of its release.
Features
- DVD-like video capture at 30 frames per second in the MPEG-4 format at VGA resolution
- 3.2 MP camera with Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar optics and flash
- 320 × 240 pixels, 262,144 colors 2.4” display
- 3 times optical zoom / 20 times digital zoom
- direct TV out connectivity
- easy video creation and burning to DVD with Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0
- digital image stabilization
- close up mode
- Visual Radio
- 50 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, up to 2 GB mini SD card storage (90 minutes of "DVD-like" video)
- Dual ARM 11 332 MHz CPU
- InfraredInfraredInfrared 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...
and BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth 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... - WLAN (b and g), 3G (WCDMA 2100 MHz), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks
- JavaJava (Sun)Java refers to several computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment...
MIDP 2.0 - Adobe Flash Lite 1.1 preinstalled (Supports Flash Lite 2.1 and Flash Lite 3.0 developer editions)
- SymbianSymbianSymbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
application support - UPnPUniversal Plug and PlayUniversal Plug and Play is a set of networking protocols for primarily residential networks without enterprise class devices that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence...
(Universal Plug and Play) support - Comes standard with a full Web browser
- Fully HW accelerated PowerVR 3D graphics from Imagination Technologies (including OpenGL ESOpenGL ESOpenGL for Embedded Systems is a subset of the OpenGL 3D graphics application programming interface designed for embedded systems such as mobile phones, PDAs, and video game consoles. OpenGL ES is managed by the not-for-profit technology consortium, the Khronos Group, Inc.- Versions :Several...
1.1 and M3G, see JBenchmark) - Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)
Versions
As well as coming in 2 colours, pearl black and silver, there will also be a Nokia N93 Golf Edition which is preloaded with Pro Session Golf software to help improve golf skills. Also there was a Mission: Impossible IIIMission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 spy film, the third based on the spy-themed television series Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise who reprises his role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt....
edition which included a memory card preloaded with the movie and a Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 spy film, the third based on the spy-themed television series Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise who reprises his role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt....
theme.
N-Gage
- Nokia N93 is a phone which was distributed, and came out with N-Gage application, but Nokia didn't include that in N93's package. This phone has two modes (landscape and portrait)and also has a keypad format, which made possible to play the N-Gage 2.0. Within this case, many N93 users frequently asked Nokia if they will make an N-Gage version for the N93 and N93i. However Nokia said that they wouldn't be doing this. Some N93 users then modified the N-Gage application so that there would come up a compatible N-Gage version for the phone. This modified application can be found now on the internet.
Popular culture
- In the skateboardingSkateboardingSkateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
game Tony Hawk's Project 8Tony Hawk's Project 8Tony Hawk's Project 8, officially abbreviated as THP8, is the eighth installment in the Tony Hawk series of video games. It was released on sixth-generation and seventh-generation consoles...
, the phone the player uses is a Nokia N93, and also one of the messages the player gets throughout the game is an advertisement for the golf instructional video. - Musician Rob DickinsonRob DickinsonRob Dickinson is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter previously of the band Catherine Wheel. He is now a solo artist. Dickinson was raised in Norfolk, England, and is the younger cousin of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson....
shot the entire video for his single "Oceans" on a Nokia N93. - In the film The Bourne UltimatumThe Bourne Ultimatum (film)The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 American spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same title. This film is the third in the Bourne film series, being preceded by The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy...
, the CIA agents looking for Bourne use Nokia N93s throughout the movie, holding them alongside their handguns, and with a real time video link to the CIA coordination room. - In RenditionRendition (film)Rendition is a 2007 drama film directed by Gavin Hood and starring Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, Jake Gyllenhaal and Omar Metwally. It centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition, and is based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri who was...
, Jake Gyllenhaal's character in the movie can be seen using a N93. - In Pharrell Williams' music video for "That Girl", he is seen using the N93 throughout the video.
Reviews
- All About Symbian N93 Review (part 1) – Covers multimedia aspects of the phone
- All About Symbian N93 Review (part 2) – Covers smartphone aspects, and summary
- All About Symbian N90 vs N93
- Mobile-review N93 review
- N93 reviews and specifications round up