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S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2

Nokia N79

Nokia N79 is the phone with style; with interchangeable back covers and automatically matching themes you can choose the look that suits you. The Nokia N79 has stylish looks and an impressive range of multimedia features. With the 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics you can take high quality photos and videos and integrated A-GPS lets you easily find, share and send the locations for your next adventure. The Nokia N79 brings the real internet closer to you than ever before, with easier access to your bookmarks, RSS feeds, widgets. With Nokia N79 you can take your friends and your entertainment with you.

Nokia N79 Technical Specs

Operating System:

Symbian OS v9.3

Developer Platform:

S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2

Frequency Band:

GSM 850

GSM 900

GSM 1800

GSM 1900

WCDMA 2100

WCDMA 900

Regional Availability:

Africa

Americas

Asia-Pacific

CHINA

Europe

Middle East

Display:

Resolution: 240 x 320

Color Depth: 24 bit

CPU:

Single CPU

CPU Type: ARM 11

CPU Clock Rate: 369 MHz

Memory:

Max User Storage: 50 MB

Memory Card: Micro SD

Max Memory Card Size: 8 GB

Memory Card Feature: Hot Swap

Unlimited Heap size

Unlimited Jar size

Network Data Support:

HSDPA

WCDMA

EGPRS

GPRS

HSCSD

CSD

Dual Transfer Mode (MSC 11)

OMA Device Management:

OMA Client Provisioning v1.1

OMA Device Management v1.1.2

OMA Data Synchronization:

OMA Data Synchronization v1.2

GPS Features:

A-GPS

Local Connectivity:

Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR

Bluetooth Stereo Audio

Micro USB

Mini Stereo Plug 3.5mm

Nokia AV 3.5mm

Nokia microUSB Cable CA-101

UPnP

USB 2.0 High-Speed

USB Mass Storage

WLAN

WLAN Support:

802.11b/g

WEP

WPA

WPA2 (AES/TKIP)

Bluetooth Profiles:

A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, DI, DUN, FTP, GAP, GAVDP, GOEP, HFP, HID, HSP, OPP, PBAP, SAP, SDP, SPP

Java Technology:

CLDC 1.1

eSWT UI API

IAP Info API

JSR 135 Mobile Media API

JSR 172 Web Services API

JSR 177 Security and Trust Services API

JSR 179 Location API

JSR 180 SIP API

JSR 184 Mobile 3D Graphics API

JSR 185 JTWI

JSR 205 Wireless Messaging API

JSR 226 Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API

JSR 234 Advanced Multimedia Supplements

JSR 248 Mobile Service Architecture for CLDC

JSR 75 FileConnection and PIM API

JSR 82 Bluetooth API v1.1

MIDP 2.1

Nokia UI API

Java Verified Root Certificate:

UTI Root

Symbian Certificates:

A, B, C, D

Browser:

HTML over TCP/IP

OSS Browser

WAP 2.0

XHTML over TCP/IP

Flash Lite:

Flash Lite 3.0

Messaging:

IM

MMS+SMIL

SMS

Email Protocol:

IMAP4

POP3

SMTP

Email Solution:

Mail for Exchange

Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email

OMA E-mail Notification v1.0

Digital Rights Management:

OMA DRM Forward Lock

OMA DRM v1.0

OMA DRM v2.0

OMA DRM v2.1

Windows Media DRM 10

DRM Delivery Method:

HTTP Download

MMS

OMA Download v1.0

Camera:

Resolution: 2584 x 1938

Sensor: CMOS 5.0 Megapixels

Focal length 5.2 mm

F-Stop/Aperture f/2.8

Focus range 10 cm to infinity

Digital Zoom: 20 x

Image Format: JPEG/Exif

Feature: Auto Focus, Carl Zeiss Optics, Flash, Red-Eye Reduction, Self Timer, Video Stabilization

Video Resolution: 640 x 480

Video Frame Rate: 30 fps

Video Zoom: 8 x

Video Format: H.263, MPEG-4

Secondary Camera:

Resolution: 352 x 288

Digital Zoom: 2 x

Image Format: JPEG

Video Format: H.263

Video Features:

Video Player

Video Recorder

Video Ringtones

Video Sharing

Video Streaming

Video Formats:

3GPP formats (H.263)

Flash Video

H.264/AVC

MPEG-4

RealVideo 7,8,9/10

WMV

Audio Features:

Audio Equalizer

Audio Recording AAC stereo, 48kHz

Audio Streaming

FM Transmitter (88.1 - 107.9 MHz)

Music Player

Stereo

Audio Formats:

AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, Mobile XMF, SP-MIDI, MIDI Tones (poly 64), RealAudio 7,8,10, True tones, WAV

Document Formats:

Excel, PDF, Powerpoint, Word, Zip

Graphics Formats:

BMP, EXIF, GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, WBMP

Extra Features:

Acceleration Sensor

Flight Mode

FOTA Firmware over the Air

Internet Radio

Nokia Maps

OMA Domain Name System (DNS) 1.0

On-Demand Paging

Open C API's

PoC (Push-to-talk over Cellular)

Stereo FM Radio

Stereo Handsfree Speakers

Still Image Editor

SyncML

Themes

TV Out

Visual Radio

Keypad Description:

3 Labeled Soft Keys

5-way Scrolling

Grid Key Mat

Product ID:

0x2000DA64

Power Management:

2.0mm Charger Connector

Battery Capacity:

BL-6F 3.7V 1200 mAh

Talk Time (estimated):

GSM: up to 5.5 hours

WCDMA: up to 3.5 hours

VoIP: up to 4 hours

Standby Time (estimated):

GSM: up to 15.5 days

WCDMA: up to 16.9 days

Size:

110 x 49 x 15 mm

Weight:

97 g

Messaging Feature:

OMA Instant Messaging and Presence Service v1.1

OMA Instant Messaging and Presence Service v1.2.1

OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.2

Web Service:

Liberty Alliance ID-WSF 1.1

OMA WS Network Identity 1.0

WS-I Basic Profile 1.0/1.1



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