Nokia N79

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19 Jun 2009 Sahil

9 out of 10

 hye  i m using this phone last month,n i satisfied,but some features need to be improve like keypad.i think its good phone,but i have some problem to remove themes installed on memory card.if any one know plz reply me.

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N79

4 May 2009 CarlosCR

8 out of 10

I bought this phone 3 months ago and are generally very happy with it but for the keypad. In fact, my phone was stolen last week and if it wasn't for the keypad I will have bought it again.. now I'm considering other alternatives (none found yet :(  ). The camara is pretty decent (for a camera phone) as is the video function. The UI could be a little faster in some places but is generally very responsive. Sound very good too.

I like to use it as a training aid for running and mountain biking and it is in this function that I found its main weakness.. it's slippery :) Fortunately I found a silicon case on ebay with raised keys which not only improved the slipperiness, but also made the keypad much easy to use. So nokia, you were very close to perfection with this device is you only had used some raised keys (like in N82). As it is now, the problem is that you have to use your fingernails (because keys are small), and the fullrow hard plastic keys are not very user friendly. Also the D-pad should have been raised a little more because it's very easy to hit 2-key when you try to press down-key.

I also spected more from the battery, but I barely can get more that 2 days of battery without risking being out of battery during the 3rd day of use (normal use I will say)

So, lots of features, good performance and so-so ergonomics. It's a pitty that mobile phone ergonomics tend to worsen more and more with time (try almost any three year old phone keypad and surely you will understand me).

Pros

Very feature complete (GPS, Wifi, VGA video, 5Mp camara, FM RDS, FM transmitter,...)
Dual LED flash
very balanced weight
Size

Cons

Keypad (improves with a silicon case)
Slippery (can be solved with a silicon case)
No easy to turn on flashlight function available
No 3D HW acceleration

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25 Feb 2009 Owen-The Tips tipstipsptipstipstips

9.3 out of 10

Here's some advantage of using this phone:

-Simplicity

-Fast, compact, flexible

-Imaging possibilities

-Good model

it has XpressOn casing that the phone follows the colour of the casing you put on.

I've score it 9.5.

And it beats the record for the smallest of Nseries phone, so far.

And it has all it needs to fill on your empty time.

Pros

Fast
Cool model
Strong
Imaging phone

Cons

Xpensive (for me)

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