Nokia N73

The Nokia N73 is officially described as a "multimedia computer". The camera on the N73 is one of its key selling points, and together with the screen and software is where you find the biggest changes compared to previous S60 phones such as the N70 or Nokia 6680. The current model supports GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 as well as UMTS 2100. The phone can also communicate with Bluetooth and IR. Lastly, it has a slot for MiniSD memory cards.
The camera is hidden behind a spring loaded cover which when opened will automatically activate the camera application. The camera is 3.2 megapixels with Carl Zeiss optics and integrated LED flash; crucially it also has an auto focus function and a manual shutter. Auto focus should help improve close up shots, and the manual shutter allows for sharper shots of moving subjects. This should give excellent results and first indications are that the N73 out does the N90 which means for many it will be acceptable as their only camera. Video capture at 15 fps and CIF (352 x 288) resolution is also supported which while not as good as the N93 should suffice for capturing memories. The on board Camera application has been updated and it is no longer necessary to navigate menu to change settings, instead a series of on screen icons allow you to make quick changes similar to a stand alone digital camera. On the right hand side of the phone there are dedicated shutter and zoom keys (digital only) for taking photos. The intention is that you hold the phone on its side as you would a standard camera and use the screen which is in landscape orientation as the view finder. The shutter button can be partially depressed to activate the auto focus functionality. The phone also comes with built in editing software to modify pictures and videos, such as cropping, resizing, red eye removal, adding text, changing the brightness and other functions.
The phone also comes loaded with a bunch of other software applications, including contacts, messaging, picture and video galleries, a music player, a visual FM radio, Real Player, an IM client, a WAP browser, an Office viewer, a PDF viewer, some games, and the brand new Nokia web browser, which allows users to view web pages in their native form, by scrolling with the joystick around the page. Java applications as well as Symbian (v3) applications can be installed on the phone.