Nokia N93

Nokia N93

Manufacturer	Nokia
Compatible networks	HSCSD, UMTS, Tri band GSM / GPRS / EDGE, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
Availability by country	2006
Predecessor	Nokia N90
Successor	Nokia N93i
Dimensions	118 × 55.5 × 28.2 mm
Weight	180 g (0.40 lb)
Operating system	Symbian OS v9.1, S60 3rd Edition,
Memory	50 MB
Removable storage	MiniSD
Battery	Li-Po 1100 mAh (BP-6M)
Data inputs	Keypad
Display	320 × 240 pixels; 262,144 colors
Rear camera	3.2 Megapixels
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.0, Infrared, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, USB 2.0

The Nokia N93 is a smartphone by Nokia especially designed for multimedia use. It was introduced in April 2006 and released in July 2006.

The N93 has improved camera capabilities compared with the earlier N90. The phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics and 3x optical zoom as well as a 30 fps VGA-resolution MPEG-4 video recording capability. It was the most advanced camera phone from Nokia at the time of its release.

Features

• DVD-like video capture at 30 frames per second in the MPEG-4 format at VGA resolution^[1]
• 3.2 MP camera with Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar optics and flash^[1][2][3]
• 320 × 240 pixels, 262,144 colors 2.4” display^[2]
• 3 times optical zoom / 20 times digital zoom^[3]
• direct TV out connectivity^[1]
• easy video creation and burning to DVD with Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0^[1]
• digital image stabilization^[3]
• close up mode^[3]
• Visual Radio
• 50 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, up to 2 GB mini SD card storage (90 minutes of "DVD-like" video)^[3]
• Dual ARM 11 332 MHz CPU
• Infrared and Bluetooth
• WLAN (b and g), 3G (WCDMA 2100 MHz), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks^[3][4]
• Java MIDP 2.0^[2]
• Adobe Flash Lite 1.1 preinstalled (Supports Flash Lite 2.1 and Flash Lite 3.0 developer editions)
• Symbian application support^[2]
• UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support^[4]
• Comes standard with a full Web browser
• Fully HW accelerated PowerVR 3D graphics from Imagination Technologies (including OpenGL ES 1.1 and M3G, see JBenchmark)
• Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)

Availability

The N93 started shipping on July 24th, 2006.

Versions

As well as coming in 2 colours, pearl black and silver, there will also be a Nokia N93 Golf Edition which is preloaded with Pro Session Golf software to help improve golf skills. Also there was a Mission: Impossible III edition which included a memory card preloaded with the movie and a Mission: Impossible III theme.^[5]

N-Gage

• Nokia N93 is a phone which was distributed, and came out with N-Gage application, but Nokia didn't include that in N93's package. This phone has two modes (landscape and portrait)and also has a keypad format, which made possible to play the N-Gage 2.0. Within this case, many N93 users frequently asked Nokia if they will make an N-Gage version for the N93 and N93i. However Nokia said that they wouldn't be doing this. Some N93 users then modified the N-Gage application so that there would come up a compatible N-Gage version for the phone. This modified application can be found now on the internet. Template:Link and more extensive detail needed

Popular culture

• In the skateboarding game Tony Hawk's Project 8, the phone the player uses is a Nokia N93, and also one of the messages the player gets throughout the game is an advertisement for the golf instructional video.
• Musician Rob Dickinson shot the entire video for his single "Oceans" on a Nokia N93.^[6]
• In the film The Bourne Ultimatum, the CIA agents looking for Bourne use Nokia N93s throughout the movie, holding them alongside their handguns, and with a real time video link to the CIA coordination room.
• In Rendition, Jake Gyllenhaal's character in the movie can be seen using a N93.
• In Pharrell Williams' music video for "That Girl", he is seen using the N93 throughout the video.

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

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Series 60 website
2. ^ ^{a b c d} nseries.com
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Lets Go Digital
4. ^ ^{a b} Nokia N93 Data Sheet
5. ^ Nokia golf edition
6. ^ Nokia Press Releases – Music Video Shot Entirely on the Nokia N93

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 technical specifications
• N93 general information