| Nokia makes and sells so many different types of | | | | servers. The predictive text input mechanism makes |
| mobiles - if practice alone makes for a good hand set, | | | | typing on the compact and yet highly useable |
| then they surely have to be just about the best. | | | | keyboard a pleasant experience, and if you don't like |
| The Nokia N79 is one of those phones you just love | | | | to use a keyboard, or can't, the N79 will work with |
| to love. It joins the ranks of the other Nokia N-models | | | | Text-to-Speech Message Reader. |
| on the market - its siblings are the N78, N82, N85 and | | | | When it comes to helping you with your personal |
| N96. | | | | organisation the N79 offers a calendar, a phonebook |
| Without a doubt - the Nokia N79 has to be one of the | | | | which supports images, a calculator, flight mode, a |
| best mobile phones on the market - the 5 Megapixel | | | | discreet vibration alert mechanism for signalling |
| camera sports Carl Zeiss optics, CMOS sensor, a | | | | incoming calls and messages and even the viewing of |
| Tessar lens and 20x digital zoom. Then too it has | | | | popular formats of documents. |
| autofocus and a very helpful two stage capture key. If | | | | Conference calls are possible, with a maximum of 6 |
| that isn't enough to tip the balance, try adding the | | | | participants, including VoIP Internet Call support and a |
| option of the Xpress On smart covers, allowing choice | | | | Push-To-Talk option. Regular calls are made easy by |
| of theme depending on your mood, environment or | | | | the hands-free speaker phone and speed dial features. |
| dress code for the day. | | | | Music formats supported are WMA, AAC, eAAC+ |
| The Nokia N79 is a quad band phone, powered by the | | | | and MP3. The phone has an integral equaliser for use |
| Symbian operating system on S60 software. Ask | | | | with 3D stereo speakers, and FM radio with RDS |
| anyone in the know and their comment on Symbian | | | | support. It also supports Internet Radio. |
| will be - "It's good." This is reassuring when it comes to | | | | Games in Java format are embedded in the phone on |
| decision making based on operating software reliability | | | | delivery, and it is possible to download additional Java |
| alone. The networks covered by the handset are the | | | | games from the internet. With a 50MB memory and |
| GSM850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900 and | | | | 4GB microSD memory which can be expanded to |
| WCDMA. This allows for world-wide use (handy for | | | | 8GB the handset offers the gamer a great time, 5.5 |
| the business traveller), but access will ultimately depend | | | | hours of talk time, and a standby of between 170 and |
| on the service provider used. | | | | 370 hours, depending on the method used (GSM |
| WLAN hotspot functionality (Wi-Fi support) allows for | | | | versus WLAN). |
| access to the internet, supported by the internal HTML, | | | | The camera deserves an additional mention. Video |
| XHTML and WML browser, and printer use/data | | | | recording and streaming is possible with playback in |
| transfer is possible by means of either USB or | | | | 3GP, MPEG4, H263 and H264 formats. The camera |
| wireless Bluetooth. | | | | includes a stabiliser for video filming, and video lighting |
| As a businessman's aid, the Nokia N79 has to be | | | | features, including auto and night time video lighting |
| experienced to be appreciated. It provides a | | | | settings. |
| comprehensive means of text/SMS messaging, as | | | | This is a tremendous phone, and a credit to the name |
| well as a wireless email support service which has | | | | of Nokia. |
| filtering and attachments for SMTP, IMAP and POP | | | | |