Nokia N81

Released towards the end of 2007, the Nokia N81 is a smartphone packaged in a sliding form factor. The N81 is part of Nokia’s NSeries line of multimedia smartphones and is positioned primarily as a music and gaming phone. The first release of the N81 featured 12MB of memory with a microSD slot (expandable to up to 8GB). Nokia has since released an 8GB version of this smartphone. The N81 8GB version has 8GB of internal flash memory and does away with the memory slot. The 12MB version comes in Cobalt Blue and Graphite Gray colors while the N81 8GB is available in Cocoa Brown. The phone measures 4 x 2 x 0.7 inches and weighs 4.9 ounces with the standard Li-Polymer battery. At 1050 mAh, the N81’s BP-6MT battery lasts up to 410 hours on stand-by and up to 4 hours of talk-time. The phone’s screen is a 2.4-inch Active matrix LCD featuring QVGA (320 x 240) resolution and supports up to 16.7 million colors.

Pictures and Video

The N81’s 2 megapixel camera can capture photos at a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 and record QVGA (320 x 240) videos at 15 frames per second. The phone also comes with a CIF front-facing camera for video calls.

Music

With 8GB of internal memory, the N81 GB can hold up to 6000 songs. Music playback is handled by the NSeries digital music player which supports a wide variety of formats. The phone also features Stereo FM Radio, integrated stereo speakers, media and volume keys and a 5-band equalizer. Other notable features include the ability to synchronize your music with your PC, Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) streaming and access to the online Nokia Music Store.

Gaming

The N81 is also compatible with Nokia’s N-Gage gaming platform. Games are played via the phone’s dedicated gaming keys and also features the ability to play in either portrait or landscape mode. For a fee, games can be downloaded from the official N-Gage website: www.n-gage.com.