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Ken reviews a few members of the N Series family: The N73, N93 and N80i

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By: , IntoMobile
Friday, December 29th, 2006 at 6:37 PM

Kennser
Nice round up of of all 3 devices, thanks for the disclaimer Ken, nice touch. Little disappointed you didn’t talk about the battery life while using VoIP since I know WiFi is a battery vampire. Some links to the video samples you took with the N93 would’ve been nice too. The conclusion however, is gold:

That said, I’ll say something that sounds like reversing myself. If I were to be in a position to go buy a new phone today, I doubt I’d buy any of these. I say I’ll shift to the N80i because with the addition of a bluetooth keyboard and some software it provides everything I need. The improvement and advances may not be enough to justify the market price. Personally, I’m like a kid with toys, so the decision to move could be driven by whim and the VoIP factor. I’m not a typical user, and not a good barometer. But if I were to use my colleagues and coworkers as a guide, Blackberry and Treo users for the most part, none would make the shift to any of the N-series. The lack of a QWERTY keyboard and full utilization of wireless broadband technology is a greater driver than pictures, video or VoIP.

Source: Realtime Unified Communications

You see what I’m talking about Nokia, the out of box experience is lacking!

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.