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April 28, 2005

Nokia N91: 4gig hard drive in a phone

danger @ 12:01 am

Get in there. Looks like this phone is the dude:
Nokia N91

First and foremost a music phone, I’m pleasantly surprised to see that Nokia has managed to integrate a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack directly into the handset itself, negating the need for any cumbersome dongles. Audio quality is superb, and although perhaps not as intuitive as Apple’s ipod products, the user interface and dedicated menu keys placed in front of the sliding keypad cover is more than good enough.

Format support is reasonably comprehensive with MP3, AAC, WMA and M4A on the slate, and there’s also an included stereo headset with remote control - the quality of which could be better, but remains a nice touch. Getting music on the handset should be a breeze; it will show up as a USB 2.0 mass storage device to which users can drag and drop files when connected to a compatible computer, and Nokia will also provide a dedicated application for music management. Incidentally, the USB connector is a plain, non-proprietary mini USB port: bravo, Nokia.

Music playback appears to be quite well integrated with phone functionality, with the N91 among other things pausing playback when receiving incoming calls - and, importantly, resuming playback when hanging up. Also present are dedicated volume controls, as well as an 8-band equalizer and the ability to download music over the air, or alternatively record it directly through a line in connector or from the built-in stereo FM radio of the handset - which also supports Nokia’s Visual Radio concept.

Cool. It will retail for 1 billion dollars. I’m not that far off:

Expected to be commercially available worldwide by the end of 2005, Nokia estimates the retail price of the N91 to fall between 650 and 750 EUR.

More pictures and full story here.

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