Nokia N78 Review finished, hardware edition

The title says it all. Read my Nokia N78 review like it isn't old news on Electronic Pulp. Yes, it's a gadget blog.

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Free, legitimate, tax-free Wi-Fi when you buy a new Nokia N78

Abe Olandres points out that Nokia is still offering their "free Wi-Fi access with every purchased phone" promo, even with relatively old units like the Nokia E51. He says that this little Eseries candybar will give you up to 60 hours of free wi-Fi access on any Airborne Access wireless hotspot, provided that you can find one and try to log-on before the end of this month.

I thought the free Wi-Fi access promo for Eseries phones had already ended long ago, but obviously, it still hasn't. What I do know, though, is that free Wi-Fi access also comes standard with every purchase of a new Nokia Nseries phone, although with the Nseries deal you'd be getting a whole lot more.

See, I have a Nokia N78, and the free Wi-Fi access flyer in the box says that I have 60 days of free Wi-Fi via Airborne Access, under the same conditions as above. And not only that, there's also 3 months of free voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation included in the package, which I haven't really tried to activate for fear that I might do something wrong. So it's easy to see that with the Nseries deal, you'll be getting a whole lot more. But then again, you'll be paying a whole lot more, so it's only fair.

What bugs me, though, is how there doesn't seem to be any options for Philippine maps on the phone. There are no pre-loaded Philippine maps, and when I go through the process of activating my free 3-month license for turn-by-turn navigation, only European countries show up in the options. You think maybe I got an f-ed up phone? I hope not.

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Nokia N78 unboxing, live pics, pride

I am now the proud owner of a Nokia N78. It's black, shiny, and a magnet for fingerprints. View my Nokia N78 unboxing and live pics at Electronic Pulp.

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Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 official photos [Late coverage]

Before I forget, Nokia has also recently announced two very sexy and powerful business devices, the Nokia E66 and Nokia E71 (pictured). I've been closely following these two phones since the first rumors about them surfaced around the Internet, and am glad they've been finally launched. It's time Nokia showed Apple what a real smartphone can do. No word yet on when these phones will be coming to the Philippines, but I'm almost sure they will. I mean, the Philippines does have businessmen who need this, right?

Oh yeah, the specs:

Nokia E71: QWERTY keyboard Nokia, smaller by a third than the E61i. S60 FP2, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB 1.1 (!), 3.2 megapixel camera (with Autofocus and flash). Nokia E61i successor, obviously.

Nokia E66: Narrow-bodied Nokia with slide-out alpha-numeric keypad, and much of the same features as the Nokia E71. This is a successor to the E65.

More photos of the Nokia E66 and E71 after the jump.

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Nokia N78 now available in the Philippines

I was windowshopping the other day and remembered that I'm going to buy a Nokia N82 this coming weekend, so I went on to SM San Lazaro's 3rd floor cellphone stores to see the phone I'm going to own soon for one more time. To my surprise, right beside the Nokia N82 was the Nokia N78 sitting nicely in black, and suddenly I felt like rethinking my shopping plan.


Will I or will I not buy the N82? And more importantly, should I get the N78 instead? Yesterday I scoured the web for the best N78 reviews I could find, and found that the N78 was a rather satisfactory device, as long as you're not overly conscious about the megapixel count on your cameraphone. And since I could score an extra half-Benjamin from writing a review of this phone, ah, I've decided that I'll get one of these on the weekend instead of the N82.

What bothers me, though, is that the N78, although much less feature-packed than the N82, is a thousand and two hundred pesos more expensive. I still haven't satisfied myself as to a reason why, and I refuse to believe that they're going to let this on just because the N78 is a new model. Anyway, I'll see in a couple of days if the N78 is really worth the extra thousand and two, and prepare a review of the said device soon as possible.

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Nokia's first official iPhone killer to be called iPerformer?

Talk about bad product names. I know Nokia's probably not the most creative company when it comes to naming new products (the reason why their handsets have stale, numeric codenames - e.g. N95, N800, 6220 Classic) but to name what will probably your best mobile phone ever the "iPerformer" is just mad nuts! Mad nuts, I tell you! Don't tell me you can't do at least half as good as iDog, Nokia?

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