Nokia N93

Nokia N93 is a smartphone from Nokia, part of the multimedia Nseries. It was introduced on 25 April 2006 and released in July 2006.[1] It runs on Symbian OS 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, packed in its unique swivel design like its predecessor Nokia N90.

Nokia N93
ManufacturerNokia
Compatible networksHSCSD, UMTS, Tri band GSM / GPRS / EDGE, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
Availability by region2006
PredecessorNokia N90
SuccessorNokia N93i
Nokia N95
RelatedNokia N92
Dimensions118 × 55.5 × 28.2 mm
Mass180 g (0.40 lb)
Operating systemSymbian OS v9.1, S60 3rd Edition
Memory50 MB
Removable storageMiniSD
BatteryLi-Po 1100 mAh (BL - 6M)
Data inputsKeypad
Display320 × 240 pixels; 262,144 colors
Rear camera3.2 Megapixels
ConnectivityBluetooth 2.0, Infrared, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, USB 2.0

The N93 improved upon camera capabilities over the N90. The phone has a 3.2-megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics and 3x optical zoom (the first Nokia phone to have it) as well as a 30 fps 640×480 (VGA) MPEG-4 video recording capability.

It was succeeded by the Nokia N93i.

Features
  • DVD-like video capture at 30 frames per second in the MPEG-4 format at VGA resolution[2]
  • 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar optics and flash[2][3][4]
  • 320×240 pixels; 262,144 colors 2.4" display[3]
  • 3x optical zoom / 20x digital zoom[4]
  • direct TV out connectivity[2]
  • easy video creation and burning to DVD with Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0[2]
  • digital image stabilization[4]
  • close up mode[4]
  • Visual Radio
  • 50 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, up to 2 GB mini SD card storage (90 minutes of "DVD-like" video)[4]
  • Dual ARM 11 332 MHz CPU
  • Infrared and Bluetooth
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b and g), 3G (WCDMA 2100 MHz), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks[4][5]
  • Java MIDP 2.0[3]
  • Adobe Flash Lite 1.1 preinstalled (supports Flash Lite 2.1 and Flash Lite 3.0 developer editions)
  • Symbian application support[3]
  • UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support[5]
  • Comes standard with a full Web browser
  • Fully hardware accelerated PowerVR 3D graphics from Imagination Technologies (including OpenGL ES 1.1 and M3G, see 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 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.[6]

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.

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
gollark: So I could graph... earthquake... existence?
gollark: Oh, fun idea, I have an old phone on which I could run something to gather... accelerometer... data?
gollark: Not any USB-connected ones oddly enough.
gollark: I should connect an apiometer to my server to graph bee density or something.
gollark: Many bees.

References
  1. http://company.nokia.com/en/news/press-releases/2006/04/25/nokia-introduces-the-next-story-in-video-with-the-nokia-n93
  2. Series 60 website
  3. nseries.com
  4. Lets Go Digital
  5. Nokia N93 Data Sheet
  6. Nokia golf edition
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