The Nokia N82 is a smartphone announced by Nokia on November 14 2007. It is part of the company’s Nseries line of smartphones which features the N-Gage gaming platform and the Nokia Music store (where available). The N82 runs Symbian OS v9.2 based S60 3rd Edition platform with Feature Pack 1. It has a 5 megapixel camera and is the first Nokia phone with xenon flash.
The N82 includes a built-in accelerometer, for video stabilisation and photo orientation (to keep landscape or portrait shots oriented as taken). The N82 has automatic screen rotation as a standard feature. The latest available firmware version is numbered v30.0.019 and is dated July 23 2008. U.S. releases of the N82 do not support U.S. 3G frequencies (850 and 1900 MHz) and Nokia has not announced plans to release N82s in the United States which do. As a result, applications and features that require the N82 to connect to a 3G network cannot be used in the United States.
The China market version of the N82 has a different hardware platform and has the WiFi and the UMTS radio removed (I.E. no 3G support). It also has a different product code (RM-314 as opposed to RM-313) and the firmware is not compatible. It can be easily identifed by the lack of the line saying “WLAN scanning” on the idle screen. This version is for mainland China only and the N82s in Hong Kong and Macau are standard APAC RM-313s with the 3G and WiFi.
Privacy Features
The N82 camera makes a sound and flashes a red LED near the phone’s flash while taking a picture. Although the sound can be changed and the user gets to choose from four different options, it cannot be turned off in many regions including Asia and North America. This feature was embedded to protect people’s privacy. Some users found it frustrating that the snapshot sound could not be turned off.
The European and Chinese firmware are exceptions to this – they will mute the shutter sound when the mobile is in silent mode. Setting the Warning Tones to Disabled in settings also removes camera shutter sound.
Specifications
Form factor> Candybar
Operating System > Symbian OS 9.2, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1
GSM frequencies > 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
GPRS > Yes (Class 32, 107 kbps)
EDGE (EGPRS) > Yes (Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps)
WCDMA > Yes (2100 MHz only) (except China model)
Screen > 240×320 pixels, diagonal 2.4″, 16.7 million colors, auto-rotate
CPU > Texas Instruments OMAP 2420, Dual CPU, ARM architecture (ARM 11, 332 MHz)
Graphics > 3D Graphics HW Accelerator (OpenGL ES 1.1)
Internal Dynamic Memory (RAM) > 128 MB
Internal Flash Memory > 120 MB
Camera > 5 megapixel camera with real (xenon) flash, Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar lens; Secondary (front) camera: CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony, self-portrait photography or video recording.
Camera Lens Cover > Yes, acting as camera on/off switch.
Video recording > Yes, MPEG-4 VGA (640×480), 30 fps
Multimedia Messaging > Yes
Video calls > Yes
Push to talk > Yes
Java support > Yes, Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1
Memory card slot > Yes, microSD (up to 4 GB) and SDHC[1] (up to 32 GB, in theory). Note that, in the time of writing, there is no official support for SDHC memory cards as per the technical specifications – although the compatibility list for the official Nokia 8GB SDHC card (MU-43) does include the N82.
Bluetooth > Yes, 2.0
Wi-Fi > Yes, WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
Infrared> No
Data cable support> Yes, USB 2.0 via micro-USB interface with USB mass storage device class support
Browser Web > Browser for S60
Email > Yes
Push e-mail > Yes
Music player > Yes
Radio > Yes, Stereo FM Radio with Visual Radio support. Note that in order to use the radio, headphones or a headset need to be connected to the device.
Video playback formats > MPEG4, RealVideo, with OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support
Audio playback formats > MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists, with OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support
Integrated speakers > Yes, stereo
TV out > Yes
HF speakerphone > Yes, with 3.5 mm audio jack and A2DP wireless stereo headphone support
Battery > Nokia Battery (BP-6MT) 1050mAh
Talk time > up to 190 min (WCDMA), up to 260 min (GSM)
Standby time > up to 210 hours (WCDMA), up to 225 hours (GSM)
Weight > 114 g
Dimensions > 112 x 50.2 x 17.3 mm
Navigation > Integrated GPS, A-GPS