yaaaaaay i get first thread ;)

anyways, any idea about the release date of N73???

cuz this is gonna be my next phone after my 3230 :tongue:

does it really have a mechanical shutter??? if so then thats awesome :love:

Nokia says "third quarter of 2006", which means some time in July / August / September.

You'll get a first clue about it being released when they remove the "coming soon" label on the phone list:

http://www.europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,73,00.html

After that it's usually another few weeks before it makes it into the shops.

Yes, it does have a mechanical shutter, here's the official specs:

Camera Specifications
• CMOS sensor, 3.2 megapixel (2048x1536 pixels) with autofocus and digital zoom up to 20x
• Carl Zeiss Optics, Tessar™ lens
• Focal length 5.6 mm
• Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
• Macro mode with 10 cm focus distance
• Mechanical shutter with 1/1000~2s shutter speed
• Active slide cover for lens protection

Photography
• 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels) with up to 20x digital zoom
• 2-stage capture key for autofocus control
• 2.4 inch camera viewfinder in landscape orientation and with active toolbar
• Slide for camera protection and activation
• Integrated flash (operating range up to 1m)
• Modes: auto, off, on, red-eye reduction
• Advanced camera modes: still, sequence, video
• Scenes: automatic, user defined, close-up, portrait, landscape, sport and night
• White balance: automatic, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent
• Color tone: normal, sepia, B&W, vivid, negative
• Light sensitivity: high, medium, low, automatic
• Settings for brightness adjustment, image quality, self-timer, white balance and color tones

Video
• Video: play, record, stream
• Audio recording AAC stereo
• Video stabilization
• Video clip up to 1.5h (limited by available memory)
• File format .mp4 (high), .3gp (normal, MMS)
• Video capture: 352x288 (CIF) at up to 15 fps MPEG-4
• Automatic white balance control
• Scenes: auto, night, close-up, snow/beach, cine, old film
• Digital zoom CIF up to 4x / QCIF up to 8x
• Two-way video call capability
• Second VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels ) with up to 2x digital zoom
• Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device

Editing
• On device photo editor and video editors (manual & automatic)
• Home photo editing on compatible PC with Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition


It uses miniSD cards so you can get up to 2 gigabytes of memory to store pictures and video.

thanks...:)