Nokia N73
The Nokia N73 sports an MP3 / ACC music player, an FM radio with Visual Radio, 42MB of internal memory for storing your tunes, and 3D stereo speakers.
Other features include:
* 3.2 megapixel camera
* Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, mechanical shutter, integrated flash
* display: 2.4 inch, 262k color QVGA
* Bluetooth 2.0
MiniSD expansion slot
Via Engadget.
From the news release:
The Nokia N73 meets a multitude of the everyday user’s needs - in one pocketable device. Available in 3G or quadband EDGE/GSM networks, the Nokia N73 has all the diversity of a powerful multimedia computer enabled with the S60 3rd Edition Software on Symbian OS. Music fans can tap into the Nokia N73’s integrated digital music player with playlists and equalizer or tune into the FM radio, or simply enjoy productivity features like email, office applications, organizer, synchronization with a compatible PC and browse the Internet with the Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map. See who you are calling and who calls you with the front VGA camera, enabled for video calling*.
Nokia N73 Reviews
Infosync reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “the handset’s music player is fully featured, with support for both MP3 and WMA, and there’s a bundled set of earphones (mediocre as they may be). Don’t expect to load up on tunes, though; there’s only room for 10 or so.”
MobileTechReview reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “The music player supports MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+ and WMA files and has OMA 2.0 DRM. So you can listen to copy protected content using that standard and non-copy protected iTunes music (the tunes you’ve burned from CDs). The player has an equalizer, playlists and the usual playback controls. Battery life when listening to music with the screen dimmed is excellent: we played tunes for 5 hours over headphones and had more than 50% battery remaining. The FM radio doesn’t offer the same reception as a dedicated radio but it does a good job of picking up even weaker stations on manual tuning and strong stations on automatic tuning. You can set your favorite stations as pre-sets and sound quality is surprisingly good. When using a Nokia Pop-Port headset, music playback will automatically pause and audio will switch to voice when a call comes in. It will resume playback when you hang up.”
Stuff reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “Styling is pretty perfunctory � we would have liked a few Sony Ericsson K800i aesthetic flourishes � but we expect nothing less from Nokia�s Nseries. Thankfully, build quality is excellent. … For now, it�s all mostly good news, but that�s about as far as we�ve got at this point. Stay tuned for a full review in the near future.”
Mobile88 reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “this music player is definitely improved from my previous 6630. There are a lot of settings and menus to play with. … Using the stock earphones to test, the K750i came out tops. The sound is more rich, and the bass is more pronounced. Plus you get Mega Bass on the K750i too! So for the bass lovers, I think you should definitely upgrade the N73 earphones. Comparing the loudspeaker, the N73 is better because it has stereo sound and it’s way louder than the K750i. At the K750i’s max volume, the N73 was only at 50%. Comparing quality of the sound, I’d say both are about the same.”
TechDigest reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “It’s also got stereo speakers for the MP3 player, which play in 3D. There’s another few minutes of fun to be had fiddling with the ringtones, hearing what they might sound like in a cave, a railway station or a duct. It’s completely bizarre, but does illustrate the quality of the sound you can get out of them.”
CNET reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “the N73 comes with an integrated music player that supports MP3, AAC, WMA, m4a, and eAAC+ files. To get tracks onto your handset, you simply drag and drop files from your PC to the N73 via the included USB cable. The mobile has an equalizer and you can loop songs or play them at random. There’s also an FM radio, but you must use the included stereo headset to take advantage of this feature since the tuner is built into the headset. RealPlayer is also available with 3GPP and MPEG4 video streaming support.”
3G reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “with reference to music playback, the on-device stereo speakers might at first seem alluring. They are positioned one on the top and one on the bottom edge of the casing. They turn out music at a fair quality, but to be honest real stereo sounds were not easy to detect either from recorded MP3s or the handset’s FM radio. The (white) headset does a better job of delivering stereo, which is just as well as it requires the Nokia Pop-Port connector, and while Nokia does ship converters to 3.5mm jacks with some handsets, they don’t with this one.”
MobileBurn reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “The music player application on the N73 works very well, and appears to be exactly the same as the one found in the N80. By default, the app can be launched by long-pressing the multimedia key that is found above the C key on the right side of the keypad. The player can organize your music by track, artist, album, genre, and playlist. M3U playlist files can be easily created directly on the device, or copied over to the N73 from a PC along. Nokia’s music application seemed to work reasonably well with the N73, and handled the chore of down sampling large high-bitrate music files to something a bit more appropriate for a mobile device.”
IT Reviews reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “With music playback on board as well as the camera you might want to augment the 42MB of internal memory with a miniSD card. The slot is on the bottom edge of the casing and has a protective cover. An FM radio with Visual Radio support is present and, for the Web-minded, a browser and Nokia’s Lifeblog software are here, the latter enabling you to post a blog from the handset. Add in the usual contact and diary management and supplied PC synchronisation software and the N73 is a nicely rounded handset.”
NewsWireless reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “The phone sports built-in stereo speakers - both behind attractive-looking grilles - but this handset won’t replace a hi-fi any time soon. Frequent travellers will be glad to know that you can hear the music from the shower, but there’s no risk of disturbing anyone in neighbouring rooms, no matter how cheap the hotel. The addition of stereo, with speakers at the top and bottom of the handset to maximise distance and thus effect, seems to serve no useful purpose at all. You can hear in stereo, which is nice, but only if you have the phone balanced on its side across your nose - not an easy position to maintain at the best of times, and certainly not when trying to dance. Luckily, the sound quality using the supplied headphones is a great deal better.”
TrustedReviews reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “By Nokia’s standards the N73 is slim and sleek at 110 x 49 x 19mm and 116g. It incorporates a large screen into its front fascia – 2.4 diagonal inches and 240 x 320 pixels. … The bottom edge has a slot for a miniSD card squeezed in next to that already noted speaker, and the Pop-Port connector. The memory card slot is covered, which should prevent your card from accidentally popping out, but I found the cover a little fiddly to close firmly. There’s around 40MB of free internal memory before you need to resort to a miniSD card.”
ComputerActive reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “Music is another key element of the N73, with the 42MB of internal memory expandable thanks to the memory card slot. Add a 1GB card and you have plenty of space for tunes. Music playback through the headphones is good, and the playback software is easy and intuitive.”
PCAuthority reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “The music player does the job, but the menus are hard to navigate and there’s not enough visual feedback. Everything takes an extra button press, and when combined with the slow interface, seems too ungainly. You don’t get a 3.5mm output either, constricting you to the realm of the included and fairly good wired headset and earphones, an A2DP enabled Bluetooth headset or, god forbid, the inbuilt speaker.”
OhGizmo reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “There are two speakers, protected by a perforated grille that actually adds an elegant touch to the overall aesthetics of the phone. The dual speaker setup also allows for stereo sound. Of course, with the speakers being so close to each other, the stereo effect is marginal… but not imaginary. Ringtones can be configured to sound with a “3D effectâ€, and yes, you can actually hear the difference. The speakers are very loud and the phone can easily be used as a small boombox of sorts, perfect for sharing your music with friends, or annoying the coworkers in the cubicle next to yours.”
Lordpercy reviews the Nokia N73 and writes, “Getting the audio out of your N73 music edition is a mixed bag, it has one of the loudest sets of stereo speakers we’ve heard on a mobile (the same as the standard N73) and although they’ll never win prizes at an audiophile convention they are worth using. Sadly things take a dive when you head for the earphones, the standard proprietary plug ones supplied with the N73 are very good and also act as an aerial for the FM radio, however they are proprietary. This means you can’t plug in a 3.5mm set without using an adaptor which is easily lost or forgotten, a bit of a let down for a music phone!”