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Nokia N76
Avaliable in colors red and black is another smartphone in the Nokia NSeries, the Nokia N76. This slim flip phone has magnificently slammed into it truckloads of features, with a strong focus on music, just like the N75. Its speaker also produces one of the best sound qualities for a phone.
Nokia N76′s attractive design is reminiscent of the Motorola Razr. The N76 sports a dimension of 4.1 x 2 x 0.5 inches. Just like the N75, it also offers a 1.3-inch external screen, displaying an impressive 262,000 colors at a 160×128-pixel resolution. This screen displays standard information ((time, battery life, signal strength, and caller ID) and can also act as the camera’s viewfinder Dedicated music controls are also located below the display.
Once opened, users will get awe with the presence of the 2.4-inch internal screen,
that features 16 million-color at a 320×240-pixel resolution. Texts and images are displayed in a vibrant and bright colors and the screen easily adjusts according to the environmental conditions. Personalizing it is also possible by changing the screensavers and wallpaper designs.
The QWERTY design is absent in the N76, although the alphanumeric keypad is already promising, thanks to the keys’ large sizes and spaces. Aside from the keypad, the front panel is composed of the standard navigation composed of two soft keys, Talk and End buttons, shortcuts to the Main and Multimedia menus, an Edit key, a Clear button, and a four-way toggle with a central select key. The left side of the phone is where the microSD expansion slot and power connector port are located. The right side is where the volume rocker, camera-activation key, and image-to-video mode are situated. The camera lens is located on the back while the power button, a mini USB port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack are on the top-edge. The 2.0-Megapixel camera also allows video recording.
N76′s focus on the music is directly reminiscent with the N75. The music player supports MP3, WMA, M4A, AAC, and eAAC+ formats with its library categorizes tracks according to artists, albums, genres and composers. Creating playlists is also possible with the N76. When storing music files, users remember that the internal memory of the N76 is limited to 26MB and a 2GB microSD cards are always helpful. FM radio is also available, although it is dependent with the headset that acts as tuner.
RealPlayer plays video in 3GPP and MPEG4 format.
While the developers of the Nokia N76 focused on the multimedia capabilities, to say that the phone features are in trouble may be deemed incongrous, in a sense. First, it is a quadband phone and offers world roaming and other perks of the other Nseries phones. Second, while it doesn’t support the 3G unlike the N75, it supports EDGE for Web browsing and Bluetooth 2.0 for hands-free kits and wireless headsets. Third, it runs the 3rd Edition of the S60 (Symbian) platform with Feature Pack 1 and offers a number.