The Nokia N81

I borrowed Oliver Robillio’s N81 for a few minutes.

It’s a slider phone with only 2 mega pixel cam on board… But with its built in 8 Gigs of space and specialized keys, this baby is built for the music lovers.

User Interface

• Operating system: Symbian OS ver. 9.2
• User Interface: User interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack (S60 3.1)
• Dedicated media keys for quick and easy access to music and video: play/pause, forward, rewind, stop
• Dedicated game & volume keys
• Device hold key
• Multimedia key & Navi™ wheel

Imaging and video

• Up to 2 megapixel (1600 x 1200 pixels) camera, MPEG-4 QVGA video capture of up to 15fps
• Zoom: digital up to 20x
• Front camera (CIF)
• Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
• Integrated flash (modes: on, off, automatic, redeye reduction)
• Rotating gallery
• Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
• Nokia Lifeblog support
• Video and still images editors
• Nokia XpressPrint solution direct printing via USB (PictBridge) or Bluetooth connectivity (BPP)

Music Features

• Nokia Nseries digital music player
  supports MP3 (VBR), AAC, eAAC+, AAC+, WMA/M4A, WAV
• OMA DRM 1.x, 2.0, Windows Media DRM (OTI/OTA with Nokia Music Store*)
• Hot swappable microSD memory card slot (2 GB inbox = up to 1600 songs**)
• Play list management
• Synchronize music with Windows Media Player 11
• Media keys (play/pause, stop, forward, rewind)
• Integrated stereo speakers
• Dedicated volume keys (20 volume steps)
• 5-band equalizer
• Nokia AV Connector 3.5 mm (can also be used with standard 3.5 mm headphones)
• Nokia Stereo Music Headset (HS-45 + AD-54) as inbox accessory
• Navi™ wheel support
• UPnP(Universal Plug and Play) music streaming
• Bluetooth wireless technology A2DP profile (Bluetooth stereo)

I like the cam for the led light is on whenever you take videos. verrrry useful at night in not so lit environments… Unlike the N82 =<

Also, the audio output is quite loud compared to other Nseries devices.