The Nokia N78, in European and North American flavors

The revamped Nseries lineup is coming fast and furious since the launch of the N81 and N82 late last year, and the latest candybar to get the updated industrial design is the N78, a midrange handset (by Nseries standards, anyway) with an integrated FM transmitter setting it apart from the crowd. Another notable feature is its picture geotagging capability, made possible by the 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera paired with integrated AGPS. Other than that, it's pretty much your average S60 Third Edition Feature Pack 2 piece with Bluetooth and WiFi, though it's the very first Nseries model to be announced in both European and North American 3G versions simultaneously -- and if that's not progress, we don't know what is. Look for it to start stocking shelves next quarter for €350 (about $507).

The Nokia N78, in European and North American flavors

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2008 9:26AM]

Um looking at the keyboard, how are you supposed to type on that?????

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 13th 2008 4:34AM]

I can't tell you, it's a secret :p

I think they are sorta like the N81's send and end keys if you catch my drift, they look hard to press but are actually quite simple.. you'd have to use one to know what I mean, make sure you use the N81 not the N96.

BTW, I don't know if that is what they feel like, I am just taking a guess..

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2008 10:13AM]

What's the deal with the touch sensitive keys? I've played with phones that had this feature and they were unresponsive at times and nothing like the tactile regular keys. This phone is awesome and would've been my next s60, until I saw that crap keyboard.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2008 12:15AM]

The buttons aren't touch sensitive�the only thing that is touch sensitive is the scroll "rounded square" in the middle

[teradome Posted Feb 14th 2008 12:50AM]

You know, I'm really starting to dig Nokia's approach to contextual keys, like how the pad dims off there in camera mode, or how the multimedia keys become game buttons on the N96.

I really hope they take this further. Obviously they can't go all Optimus-keyboard on us yet, but one can dream, no?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2008 11:51PM]

you're so wonderful,N78~