Technology has worked wonders for our lives, especially in recent years. Whether it’s developing all-new innovations that set the trend for the future or adding simple improvements to older items, thereby rejuvenating and revolutionizing them in turn, technology has been put to great use for things as life-changing as medical research and transportation. Communications has also been a beneficiary of the ongoing improvement that has been afforded by growth and change, with mobile phones growing smaller and paradoxically more versatile seemingly with each passing month that brings new ideas from mobile manufacturers responding to new demands from the mobile consumer base, whose increasingly tech-savvy ways continue to develop in response to increasingly fast-paced lifestyles.
Mobile manufacturer Nokia has consistently managed to balance affordability with quality, save for a few stumbles in the previous year. Their N-series, however, has been filled with gem after gem with only minor complaints keeping each model from being perfect for all-around use. The N79 is no different, as it falls just that short of greatness but nevertheless manages to deliver a great mobile phone experience. It performs fairly well with a good number of useful and well-executed features. It stokes the nostalgic fires with intelligent exchangeable covers, but grounds the phone in the current decade with various strong connectivity options like Wi-Fi, GPS and HSDPA.
The N79’s interchangeable covers are the main visual marker setting it apart from its closest physical match, the N95. Going beyond the interchangeable covers of old, however, these covers interact with the phone’s OS, which recognizes the metal contacts on each and changes the theme accordingly to match up with the covers color-wise. It’s a fairly simple feature that has considerable visual impact, although it’s a trick limited to the battery cover as the phone’s face can’t be changed. However, the interior of the phone is the main game, and under the hood is a quick little engine running S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, which works well and runs quickly with little to no lag in opening apps or menus. This powers an excellent range of features, whether it’s the use of the 5-megapixel camera whose pictures can be GPS-geotagged when taken outdoors, the simple but effective accelerometer-powered portrait/landscape display switch, or uploading pictures to Flickr or Facebook via ShoZu and other services.
The zippy OS the phone runs on can interact with plenty of third-party software, from apps like Quickoffice [preinstalled, although it’s only a viewer as is and you need to buy the full version to edit MS Office documents] and Opera Mini to third-party maps for the integrated GPS. Its media player is straightforward but flexible, supporting a variety of file formats for both music and video, and YouTube viewing and FM radio are also supported. While the N79 does support the BN-Gage gaming platform, however, the controls on the N79 aren’t the same as the gaming keys of the N96, which sort of muddles the experience.
The main problem with the N79 is a seemingly minor quibble that becomes more noticeable as time passes. The keypad is a little flat, making it a bit of a chore to consistently press the right key the right way. Thankfully, with excellent call quality and battery life, as well as an overall solid lineup of features, the N79 manages to distinguish itself as a worthy purchase.
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