Nokia N73 review

N73 Nokia picture There was little to fault the N73 when it came to assessing the photos that it produced. All the shots we took in natural light were as good as many full-sized cameras. Performance in lower light conditions wasn't so good, though. It does have a flash, which is useful, but the images taken with it either appear grainy or overexposed. There are settings for such things as white balance and exposure compensation, but we found that they had little effect on the shots. Nokia N73 Themes Free Nokia Themes download Nokia N73 Software Free Nokia Software download Nokia N73 Games Free Nokia Games download The front section of the N73 is matte silver and houses a large and bright screen that displays 262k colours, which is not only great for viewing pictures and videos on, but makes viewing Web pages easy too. It measures 38mm wide and 50mm tall, and relative to the size of the handset is one of the largest screens we've seen. As a video camera, the Nokia N73 is not bad despite the judder and image drag, shooting in a maximum CIF (352x258-pixel) resolution in MPEG4 format at 15fps. A front-loaded VGA camera is on hand for two-way video calling, and it does a respectable job. The quality of our call was blighted with slight drag and judder, but the speakers situated at the top and bottom of the handset issued strong sound. The camera is protected by a large cover, which when slid down automatically activates the camera application. It might not be to everyone's tastes -- it's rather clunky to open -- but the cover does protect the camera well and it doesn't open too easily, so it won't activate the camera every time you take it out of your pocket. The camera itself uses a 3.2-megapixel sensor and features a Carl Zeiss lens, autofocus and an LED photo light. The Nseries has been a conduit for Nokia’s pioneering new full-internet browsing technique, MiniMap. Essentially, a semi-transparent zoomed-out view of the area you’re reading is shadowed by a complete view of the whole web page, making browsing on a small-screen device less of a thorny experience. The N73 also comes loaded with Symbian software including Nokia’s LifeBlog application. There’s an opportunity to download and install F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus if you’re worried about security, while the usual QuickOffice programs are present and correct. Despite lacking the inventive picture technology and proper built-in flash of the Sony Ericsson K800i, the N73 takes some cracking snaps and excels as a camera phone. Video and voice calls worked as expected without any noteworthy problems and the battery life was acceptable, only having to recharge it once over a three-day period. However, this was reduced to charging it daily when making 3G video calls regularly. It's quoted at 246 minutes talk time and 350 hours standby time.

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