Basic Features

Weighing 22gms lesser than the Nokia N97 Mini, the Enterprise series, Nokia E72 (128gms) is light, yet loaded with enviable features. 4.4″ tall by 2.34″ wide by 0.39″ thick, it is definitely a comfortable device to hold on. With steel plate and chromed edges, Nokia did improve on the design to make the phone a solid and a gorgeous looking device.

A screen size of 2.3″ with 320 x 240 display size (QVGA) and 16M colors, it comes with a front-facing VGA camera and a light sensor at the top right corner. Bright chrome runs around screen and the keyboard and carries over to the rear battery cover giving it an exquisite, neat and graceful look.

The E72 has a full QWERTY keyboard occupying the same space to that of the screen, with special and shortcut keys which include calendar, e-mail and contacts filling in the centre. It also includes the “Navi Keys”, also called as the optical track pads lying between the special and shortcut keys.

Up top, you’ll find the power button and standard 3.5mm stereo jack for headphones. The side keys include the volume up and down keys, along with a voice key for access to applications and contacts. The other side (left-hand side) has a closed microUSB port (which can be used for charging also) and a microSD slot. Lastly, the bottom includes a charging port.

A standard 5MP (2592px by 1944px) camera with single LED flash, 10x digital zoom and autofocus, makes the phone perfect for multimedia photography. It also includes VGA recording, the quality being similar to that of N97, allows you to record moving objects at a rate of 15 frames/sec with a max dimension of 640×480 pixels while it auto adjusts the video settings to get maximum quality output.

Technical Features

Running on the S60 3rd Edition OS and a 600Mhz processor, navigating through the menus is heedless. Has a 250MB user memory and is expandable up to 16GB, which is a lot of space! It also includes 3G (HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps), Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, FM tuner, Speaker, Push-to-talk, Voice-command capability and a v2.0 MicroUSB port.

Survives for about 20.5 days on standby and is capable of 12.5 hours of talk time. Supports WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML browser, Java, Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) and File Manager.

Colours and covers

Zodium black, Metal grey and Topaz brown

Pros:

• Amaz-freak-ingly designed!
• Great camera
• Excellent call quality
• Faster browser

Cons:

• Same old user-interface (Icons look pixelated)
• Camera autofocus is a bit unusual
• Longer menu levels

UniverCell Online Price: Rs 18,221 /-
(Buy it at UniverCell and get Reebok sunglasses worth Rs 4999/- FREE!)

Image Courtesy: Nokia.com

TweetUp

Few days back, Bangalore tweeps had organized a PaintBall Tweetup. PaintBall is a sport or rather like a war where two teams battle on a small ground. Located near Total Mall in Sarjapur, which is quite near to my house.
We reached there by 12 noon. We were instructed on few rules and regulations and were waiting for another team to finish their game.

Later, we were given a gun (CO2 pressurized) containing pellets (paintballs) made of a gelatin shell filled with food coloring and vegetable oil for some practice. It was our turn to get in and start our game. We played “Capture the Flag”, where one team has to go to the other team’s base and capture the flag and vice versa. Had loads of fun though and will definitely attend the next tweetup which is gonna happen in the next month. (We are planning to go to Wonder La )

If your planning to go to this PaintBall (Sarjapur) then here’s some info you gotta know. Rs 500 per member with 4 rounds and 100 pellets/member. Rs 4 for each extra pellet. If your wallet is filled then start splashing and don’t care about your shots

Here are some shots Prashanth captured from his Nokia N97

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Bangalore Photo Walk – Lal Bagh

Yesterday I had been for a photo walk – Lal Bagh. Thanks to Priya for bringing up this idea and making it a successful one Photography is one my hobby and I just love it.  I had great fun meeting great people who were into photography from years and most of them who were real PRO. Learnt a lot of new things about photography from them.

Walk started sharp at 9 in the morning. I was 1 hour late coz of unavoidable conditions. Had a tough time finding the group in that BIG place. I thought I was lost. I was out of currency and wasn’t able to get in touch with Priya. It was only her contact that I had. Thanks to Airtel, I got an emergency recharge. Sent an SMS, Loan to 121 and Airtel credited me Rs 10 immediately! Got in touch with  Priya again and finally I joined the group after half-an-hour search. Phew! We then continued our walk capturing shots that we found interesting.

It was a fun photo walk though. Here are some of the uploaded shots that I captured. Not all shots were uploaded.

Click here to see what others have captured

Anyways, if you want to attend the next Twitter meet up or the next photo walk (which is happening this Saturday) then follow me on Twitter. Will make sure that I’ll keep you updated