Review: Nokia N90 Smartphone

It's easy to mistake the N90 as an upgrade to the now value Nokia 6260 Smartphone - its clamshell, twist and flip design is completely inspired by the 6260. A lot of people liked that design and the rest of them (including me) hated it. The N90 adds a few things and takes away a few as well. First of all, the camera has been moved to a separate rotating unit which also forms the hinge for the two parts of the phone. The camera bit rotates 270 degrees, so you can take pictures in almost any direction without having to rotate the phone. Personally, other than for clicking self portraits, I see absolutely no inconvenience in having to move the whole phone around a little bit, unless you're taking some voyeur shots which you probably shouldn't be doing in the first place. The display also rotates by itself like the 6260, however, it doesn't flip more than 90 or, say, 110 degrees. This means you can't flip the display completely and use the phone in a closed state like a PDA of sorts, if you liked that about the 6260.
Review courtesy of Tech Tree (click for full review)
