Nokia N93 review: Ringing camcorder

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The phonebook of Nokia N93 looks just like a normal Nokia Symbian phonebook. It has no limit of the contacts as it uses the phone's free memory and thus can hold an enormous amount of entries. They can be ordered either by first or last name and can be searched by letter-by-letter typing of the desired name.

Phonebook info

New contacts can be assigned more than 30 different fields and numbers. Naturally, you can assign ringtones and pictures to contacts of your choice, but we couldn't find an option to assign a personal video clip. Synchronization with PC works seamlessly, too. You can actually rename the predefined fields of the phonebook and thus customize them to your needs.

Various fields • Renaming a label

The Calls log of Nokia N93 contains three tabs for Dialed, Received and Missed calls. Every tab can hold up to 10 call records with their date and time. However, if you enter the Log application in the My Own submenu, you will find yourself in a list of all call records and data transfers and sessions which have taken place in the last 30 days. This includes even the WLAN connections.

Calls log

Key taps

Writing messages works like a charm. Being so large, the keypad is very easy to use even for first-timers.

The SMS editor displays a counter of the characters left of the 160 limit. It also displays in brackets the number of separate messages the message will be divided into. The display allows 6 lines to be shown en bloc. Delivery reports appear on the screen when the keypad is not locked. After that, they are stored in a separate folder in the Messaging sub-menu.

Messaging menu • Writing SMS

The MMS editor is very intuitive and easy to use. Multiple email accounts are supported. N93 works with POP3 and IMAP4 protocols. The email client can download either the headers only or the full messages. Attachments are supported as well. This email client manages most user needs regarding email communication but does not take full advantage of the great display.

E-mail inbox • Reading e-mail • Writing an email