The Nokia N82 was launched on the 14th November, 2007. It's the latest mobile phone released in the Nokia Nseries. Of course, the Nseries handsets that came before the N82 have done really well with its best performer being the N95.

The N95 was launched on 26th September, 2006 which is surprisingly well over a year ago so we are hoping that the N82 feature set has moved on well in advance of the N95.

The key feature set of the N82 can be summarized as :

- Imaging

- Mapping

- Sharing

- Digital scrapbook

 

Nokia N82 Imaging

The No 1 reason to buy the Nokia N82 must be because of the camera. The Carl Zeiss lens brings state of the art optics for mobile photography and mobile video. The specification for the camera is here :

• Image resolution: up to 5 megapixels (2592 x 1944 pixels)
• Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
• F number/Aperture: F2.8
• Focal length 5.6 mm
• Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
• Macro focus distance 10-50 cm
• Auto focus
• Amber colored auto focus assist light and recording indicator
• Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
• Auto exposure - center weighted
• Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
• White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, user, close-up, portrait, landscape, sports, night, night portrait
• Color tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vivid
• Zoom: digital up to 20x (5 megapixel up to 6x)
• Xenon flash
• On-device photo editing
• Front camera, CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony

With a 5 megapixel camera, powerful Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss optics, you can expect the Nokia N82 to deliver really good photographs, even in low-light conditions.

To make sure your sharp-shooting skills are enhanced It has fast camera activation, autofocus with a dedicated autofocus assist lamp, fast reloading between shots and DVD-like quality video capture. Don't overlook the fact that the Nokia N82's camera has up to 20 times digital zoom.

Nokia N82 Mapping

• Integrated Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS)
• Free downloadable maps
• Pre-installed Nokia Maps application

The Nokia N82 has powerful A-GPS and installed Nokia Maps help you explore and locate places, whether in another country or just around the corner.

All Nokia N82's come with a free voice guided navigation trial. You can purchase additional features, such as a city guide and longer subscription to the navigation.

With access to more than 15 million points of interest, you can locate and navigate where you need to get to. You can also send maps and routes to others via MMS or save map screen shots to the gallery.

The service is available free of charge, although any data transferred over the network will incur charges from your network operator. You will need to check with your network operator.

What Is A-GPS ?

Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) assists your mobile device in finding satellites. When using A-GPS, your mobile device receives useful satellite information from an assistance data server over the cellular network. When your mobile device is not receiving assisted data, it tries to detect the available satellites. With the assisted data your mobile device can detect the set of satellites that are worth listening to, that is, the satellites that are on the same side of the planet with your mobile device. A-GPS speeds up the location calculation remarkably.

A-GPS is a network service. It is used by default in Nokia mobile devices that support A-GPS, if no service provider specific A-GPS settings are available.

Nokia N82 Sharing Capabilities

• Upload photos to the web
• Wi-fi connectivity
• Video playback at 30 frames per second

The Nokia N82 has high speed Wi-Fi connectivity and a one-click upload to online communities which makes sharing easy. You can upload a picture or video with the press of a button.

Nokia N82 Digital Scrapbook

Like to impress your friends with multimedia slideshows - complete with music and effects - on the high resolution display or on a compatible TV.

The Nokia N82 comes with the new content driven 3D multimedia menu and includes a convenient orientation sensor that rotates the user interface automatically between horizontal and portrait mode. For quick and easy access to entertainment content, the Nokia N82 also supports the Ovi family of Nokia internet services, including Nokia Music Store, N-Gage games** and Nokia Maps.