The Nokia N93 is a
smartphone
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from
Nokia
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, part of the multimedia
Nseries. It was introduced on 25 April 2006 and released in July 2006. It runs on
Symbian OS
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v9.1 and the
S60 3rd Edition interface. It was the most advanced camera phone from Nokia at the time of its release, and was particularly marketed for its
camcorder
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, packed in its unique
swivel
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design like its predecessor
Nokia N90.
The N93 improved upon camera capabilities over the N90. The phone has a 3.2-
megapixel
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camera,
Carl Zeiss
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optics and 3x optical zoom (the first Nokia phone to have it) as well as a 30 fps 640×480 (
VGA
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)
MPEG-4
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video recording capability.
It was succeeded by the
Nokia N93i
The Nokia N93i (also known as the N93i-1) is a smartphone produced by Nokia, announced on 8 January 2007 and released the same month. It is part of the Nseries line and is a redesign of the Nokia N93. The N93i runs on Symbian OS version 9.1, ...
.
Features
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DVD-like video capture at 30
frames per second
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*Framing (con ...
in the MPEG-4 format at VGA resolution
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*3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar optics and flash
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2.0image stabilization
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Infrared
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and Bluetooth
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*Wi-Fi
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(802.11b and g), 3G (WCDMA
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2100 MHz), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks[Nokia N93 Data Sheet](_blank)
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*Java
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MIDP 2.0Symbian
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application supportUPnP
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(Universal Plug and Play) supportOpenGL ES
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1.1 and M3G, se
JBenchmark
* Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)
Versions
As well as coming in 2 colors, pearl black and silver, there was also a Nokia N93 Golf
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Edition which had been preloaded with ''Pro Session Golf'' software to help improve golf skills. There was also a '' Mission: Impossible III'' edition which included a memory card preloaded with the movie and a ''Mission: Impossible III'' theme.
N-Gage
Although Nokia planned to release an N-Gage application for N93 (alongside N73 and N93i), it never made it due to memory issues.
In popular culture
The Nokia N93's likeness is used in the video game Tony Hawk's Project 8 as the way for players to view their in-game messages and videos.
Reviews
All About Symbian N93 Review (part 1)
– Covers multimedia aspects of the phone
All About Symbian N93 Review (part 2)
– Covers smartphone aspects, and summary
All About Symbian N90 vs N93
Mobile-review N93 review
N93 reviews and specifications round up
References
External links
Online copy of the N93 Manual (PDF)
Nokia Nseries Social Media – N93 resource
More on the graphics technology inside the N 93 and N95
N93 general information
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N-Gage (service) compatible devices
Universal Plug and Play devices
Nokia Nseries
Mobile phones with infrared transmitter
Mobile phones introduced in 2006