Nokia N70 ME differs from its predecessor because of its colourful design of packaging (black instead of silver), the volume of memory card in the set by default (1 GB instead of 64 MB), and also complete stereogarniture. HS-28 adapter with 3.5 mm jack on instead of the usual HS -3 without the adapter), and modified software audio player. Let us turn to its exact specifications:

Supported standards GSM 900, 1800, 1900, GPRS (c lass 10, 4down + 2up, 5max), EDGE (Class B), UMTS (WCDMA 2100)
Symbian OS 8.1, S60, 2nd Ed., FP 3
Texas Instruments OMAP1710 processor 220 MHz
Memory (RAM / ROM) 8 / 22 Mb
SAR 0.95 W / kg
Tip TFT screen (262 thousand colours)
Permission and screen size 176×208, 41×35 mm (diagonal 2.13)
Flash memory RS-MMC DV (MobileMMC)
Bluetooth / Wi-Fi / IrDA / +/-/-/+ USB (USB 2.0)
Camera + (2 Mpiks and 0.3 Mpiks)
Battery Li-Ion 970 mAh (BL-5C)
Opening hours (talk / Wait) 210 hours minut/250
Physical size (LxWxH) 108.8 h53h21, 8 mm
Weight 126 g

The set includes the following:

. Nokia N70 Music Edition;
. memory card RS-MMC for 1 GB of MMC with adapter;
. wired headset Nokia HS-28;
. Networked charger Nokia AC-4;
. Cable USB Nokia CA-53;
. Battery Nokia BL-5C;
. printed manual and CD-ROM.

By the way, for two years the appearance of this phone has not changed. Approximately 2 / 5 front of the phone takes a keyboard unit. The rest seat is for the screen, as well as VGA-camera and a light sensor, which configures the setting of the backlight of the display and keyboard. Keys “Menu” , “Call player” ( in N70 it was Multimedia Key programming), “Pencil”, and “Delete” are located on the sides of the numeral block in the manner of Nokia 6630/6680/6681, but, to tell the truth, the joystick doesn’t differ of its ergonomics in comparison with appointed models. Its sides and central button are too small due to the physical sizes and sunk provision of this important control on the front of the whole plane is a frequent cause of false clicks.

On the right end of the device can be found button, which is responsible for shooting pictures and videos. It is situated next to a slot for memory cards, which is covered with a rigid plastic plug. At the upper end is located the button of inclusion and shutdown- profile switch, as well as multimedia hole dynamics. At the bottom is a standard interface used as a Pop-Port and the hole for ZU 2.5 mm in diameter. The left side is lacking in any functional elements, and back panel consists of two parts, one of which shifts and closes the camera lens.

The software interface device and N70 ME absolutely doesn’t differ from the other similar-Symbian smartphones, so we’ll leave a detailed examination of rather old platform Series 60, and stumble on audioplayer as it is the item we are most interested. It should be noted immediately that while every player activation, it usually occurs a regular scanning of specific folders, which are stored music files to detect any changes. This is due to the fact that Nokia uses in its musical phones special sorting and retrieval system, which requires indexing. So, it is an index Organization (instead of the usual direct access) and is the cause of some braking while starting player. Then we have a choice of all the tracks at once or required compositions on the playlist, artists, gallery or time adding to the collection. In playback mode, in the upper left corner displays the album cover or another picture, which is in the folder with media files. The left corner is a kind of hint – the guide of pressing on joystick (management playback). This is followed indicator of the number of tracks, as well as the name of the song and the title song, along with a graphical slider, displaying the total length of the songs and the current situation. Among the options it is also can be found setting playback modes (Shuffle and Repeat). In general, all arranged quite logically, fonts large enough and is well-read. Of significant drawbacks it’s worth noting the shortage of equalizer settings directly from the player, as well as the lack of support of Cyrillic tags. So the fans of the Russian music fans are worth becoming thoughtful over buying the model.

Do not forget about photo- opportunities of Nokia N70 ME. Principal 2 Mpiks photomodul is based on CMOS-sensor, and it allows making images up to 1600 1200. Additional VGA camera can be used for videoconferencing or shooting photos. There are ample settings of shooting modes (Auto, User Defined, Portrait, Landscape, Night, Sports), the outbreak (Auto, always turned on, always off), white balance (Auto, Afternoon lighting, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent), colour (normal, Sepia, Black and White, Negative) and Self timer (10, 20, 30 seconds). A 20 - multiplying the digital zoom is also available to the main chamber and 2 - folded for more. The weakness of photomodules is in the N70 ME is the lack of Auto, and the quality images comparable to that of most similar cameraphones: very high frequency noise by artificial light and - “loyal friends” apparatus. Maximum permission of 352×288 video at 15 frames per second. Roller by 12 seconds with sound takes about 1 MB, so the bulk memory card is very useful.
N70 ME A major drawback is that when you connect to the computer operating the contents of ROM memory cards and possibly only by Nokia PC Suite, which significantly complicates the transfer music to the phone. Very strange course of Nokia, as a model, even today, the average price range (up to $ 200) can mount at least a memory card as a normal Solid State Disk. Time offline mode phone us great. Despite the ample use is not for the battery of the musical phone BL-5C, N70 ME can play about 11 hours with a minimum illumination without talking, the camera and GPRS. In a typical everyday use (15-20 minutes of calls, a few SMS, GPRS 2-4 hours, up to 5 photos, and about 3 hours listening to music) as a one time charge enough on the day. This is the average result for such functionality. It should be noted that time may change in the use of discrete headphones with high resistance and power.

Of the major deficiencies should be noted not entirely comfortable joystick, the lack of support in Cyrillic tag, A2DP profile and the regime SSD. Exactly these items may play a decisive role in choosing next in turn mediamachine as a phone. Subjective impressions of the quality of the sound issued N70 ME complete when using a headset, are not very good, but rather due to the author only music- lovers ear: high frequency virtually merge middle, and bass are no different dynamic range and completeness covered. However, to compare the phone with the available handy iPod Nano with Rockbox on board is not entirely correct, and for the phone considered a model for, let’s say, well, albeit inferior apparatus of 1.0 Walkman series of Sony Ericsson. It is not entirely clear why Nokia has decided to give a second wind it is N70 - will become the first swallow in the Finnish multimedia phones. On the other hand, there will be some users who do not really like a small assortment of software by Symbian 9.1 (S60 FP3). Rightly or wrongly, N70 ME - niche product, and rely on his massive popularity is not in sight.

One can only add that the difference in price between the original N70 and Music Edition at the time of this writing is about $ 60 (for sale machines can be found for $ 340 and $ 400, respectively) that precisely fits into the cost of a memory card to 1 gigabyte and better headset.