Nokia N82 Is Back in Black

The Nokia N82 debuted late last year in a silver grey casing, and now its maker has unveiled a version of this high-end S60 smartphone in black.

This Symbian/S60 device is loaded with high-end features, like a video-out port, Wi-Fi b/g, a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Optics and a Xenon flash, and GPS. It even includes a motion sensor, and its display rotates to match the way the device is being held.

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It is one of the first to support Nokia's Ovi service, allowing users to download games and music.

This is a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900) GSM phone with UMTS (2100). Unfortunately, although this model is available in the U.S., a version of this device with support for 3G in N. American has not been released.

The Nokia N82 in black is expected to start shipping within weeks, with an estimated retail price of approximately 400 euros, before taxes and subsidies.

More Details on the Nokia N82

The N82 uses a candybar shape, with a numberpad below its 2.4-inch, QVGA screen.

It is based on Symbian OS 9.2, and runs S60 release 3.1 on a 332 MHz processor. Naturally, it comes bundled with Nokia's standard suite of productivity applications, like a web browser, email software, Office document viewer, etc.

It has a 100 MB internal memory, and it's storage capacity is expandable via microSD memory cards.

This smartphone is 4.4 inches tall, 2.0 inches wide, and 0.7 inches thick.

Nokia says its battery is good for 4.3 hours of talk time, or up to 9.5 days of standby.

Other features of the N82 include Bluetooth 2.0, an FM radio tuner, 3.5 mm headset jack, and USB 2.0 support.

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