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Review: The Sweet Agony That Is Nokia N81

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aryayush
aryayush Original post #1
Nov 10, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Review: The Sweet Agony That Is Nokia N81

Written by Om Malik
Friday, November 9, 2007 at 3:30 AM PT

*gigaom.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/nokian811.gif

It has been nearly 65 days since I went without a phone set change, leading to snide remarks from my co-workers about my fidelity to Apple’s iPhone. Despite getting frustrated with iPhone’s email application (I carry a Blackberry to get some serenity) and poky Edge connections, I avoided the hassle of switching to another phone.

That was up until yesterday evening, when I came back home to find the new Nokia N81 8GB music phone, the cornerstone of the company’s big push into music-related services. Nokia (NOK) had sent me a review unit, and when I opened the elegantly packaged box, I knew I had to try it out. It is a handsome device — very sleek and elegant — thanks to its brushed metal-black lacquer finish, rounded edges and crisp screen. Read more...

[Via GigaOM]
Pathik
Pathik #2
Nov 10, 2007 at 1:32 PM
Well it has good hardware capabilities and most of the bugs he mentioned can be corrected with a software update hopefully..
krazzy
krazzy #3
Nov 10, 2007 at 3:33 PM
A new firmware for N81 is available now which should solve most of the problems.
*www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/6218_The_N81_gets_its_first_firmwar.php
Ankur Gupta
Ankur Gupta #4
Nov 10, 2007 at 4:38 PM
New firmwares from Nokia are generally buggy but later versions bring in a lot of improvements which completely rejuvenate the phone....
N81 will be a serious competitor to SE K850i...
Cool G5
Cool G5 #5
Nov 10, 2007 at 5:17 PM
It will be improved overtime by the firmware.
It's a good phone.
pra_2006
pra_2006 #6
Nov 10, 2007 at 6:28 PM
this mobile is with awesome features i was thinking to replace my N73ME with this one but the 2mp camera changed my mind this phone should have 3+mp cam :(
Cool G5
Cool G5 #7
Nov 10, 2007 at 9:52 PM
Yup camera is a disappointment.It should had atleast 3.2MP.
I suggest you remain with ur N73ME it's a good phone for now.
You can decide of changing in 08.
Pathik
Pathik #8
Nov 10, 2007 at 11:21 PM
The n81 lags behind k850 only in the Cam dept..
And its for those who want good software, gaming and music..
So its not competing with the k850
dreamcatcher
dreamcatcher #9
Nov 11, 2007 at 1:36 AM
^^^^guys the se k850 muzic is in par with walkman phone and it costs only 21k....so it will kick evryuns a**es fr sure..leave alone the n81...
infra_red_dude
infra_red_dude #10
Nov 11, 2007 at 3:16 AM
BTW, any news of N81 pricing?
2kewl
2kewl #11
Nov 11, 2007 at 8:11 AM
^^ 23K
infra_red_dude
infra_red_dude #12
Nov 11, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Thats something decent :) Only let down is the camera.
W
W i d e S c r e e N #13
Nov 13, 2007 at 11:34 AM
why is there a 2mp in this even n80 has a 3mp WTF!?
esumitkumar
esumitkumar #14
Nov 13, 2007 at 2:39 PM
he he he gr8 review ..i thought n81 will be very gud but 23k main to isse accha koi bhi badiya phone aa jayega ...

shukr hai maine ROKR E6 hee liya in 11 k :D
alsiladka
alsiladka #15
Nov 14, 2007 at 12:06 AM
It seems all his review focusses on the speed and the RAM management issues, so no worries. RAM management will be improves with time (N73 has seen a huge huge improvement in this regard and hence i am optimistic about N81).

But i wonder why is there no special mention about the gaming power since N81 is the next nGage - the gaming device! What a review man!!