The Nokia N80 is a 3G

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from

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announced on November 2, 2005, part of the multimedia

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line. It runs on

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v9.1 and the S60 3rd Edition interface. It was first released in June 2006. It has support for high-speed

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connections. Features include a 3.1-megapixel camera (interpolated from 2.0-megapixels) with built-in flash, a front camera for

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(802.11g),

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(UPnP), FM radio,

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1.2,

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memory card slot, and support for 3D

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games. Its 2.1-inch display has a pixel density of 259 ppi due to the 352x416 resolution on a 2.1" displaymaking it one of Nokia's sharpest displays of 2005 and 2006. The N80 was the world's first

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-compatible phone, allowing the transfer of media files to compatible devices over Wi-Fi. The N80 was officially described as a ''multimedia computer'' by Nokia, like its successor

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Versions

2100 MHz for Europe/Asia. * "Internet Edition" which is available in both US and European Versions.

Bluetooth

Nokia originally announced the N80 as supporting Bluetooth 2.0, however it was released with Bluetooth 1.2. Therefore, the N80 does not currently support stereo playback over Bluetooth.

Specification sheet

Internet Edition

The Nokia N80 Internet Edition was a second version of this handset with the same hardware as the normal N80. It has been released in Q4 of 2006 and is available in Patina Bronze or Pearl Black, and has the following additional software included. As of January 2007, the Pearl Black model was available for sale in the US for $499. * Flickr * 'Download!' App management * Internet Telephone – SIP VOIP Frontend * WLAN Wizard Nokia have now announced that the new Internet Edition firmware is available for the 'classic' N80 by using Nokia Official Software Updater, downloadable from Nokia.com. Before the Internet Edition firmware was made available on the Nokia Software Updater, end users could update the N80 to the same specification as an N80 Internet Edition by flashing the N80 with the firmware from the N80 Internet Edition.N80 – N80i firmware upgrade guide – All About Symbian Forums
/ref> This required the use of several hacked Nokia servicing software applications, including the Phoenix Service Software (or Nokia Software Update with Nemesis (by changing product code)). This method is of questionable legality in some jurisdictions, and may violate the terms of the phone's warranty. There are reports of the occasional failure of this method due to user error or for other unknown reasons, leaving the phone in an unusable state from which only a properly-equipped service center could recover it.

References

External links

Nokia N80 Product Page

Nokia N80 Details

Bluetooth Qualification Program specifications

Reviews

Review by MobileReview.com

Review by GSM Arena

Review by MobileBurn.com

Review by All About Symbian

* Reviews by

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