While Nokia used just the right amounts of JPEG sharpening and smoothing in the N73 and too much sharpening in the N95, the E90 overall has just a bit too much sharpening and pleasing smoothing.
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The E90 has surprisingly good battery life for a smartphone with a large display (make that 2 displays), GPS and triple wireless radios.
The debuts, the new song, the new venues, plus your Setlist Game recaps and of course the user questions via Twitter.
The E90 comes with the usual speed dial where you can assign 2 through 9 to numbers in your contacts (1 is reserved for voicemail).
Unlike recent SiRF III GPS equipped PDAs and smartphones, the E90 isn't likely to get a signal indoors and can occasionally lose track of satellites for 10 to 30 seconds in a moving car with modest cloud coverage overhead.
Our E90 takes between 1 and 2 minutes to get a fix, unless it's been used within the last hour, then it takes only 30 seconds to a minute.
Joe's in Minneapolis for the show (of course), so he and Matt jump on an emergency Skype call to talk this over and try to analyze what this means for Boyd, and the band as a whole, going forward.
Most games included are very easy to play and learn, you'll now how to play them in less than 10 seconds, but they'll keep you glued to your computer.
We touch on all the latest DMB happenings including a new show download and new Come Tomorrow single.
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Also, a look into the new SiriusXM DMB Radio, and a quick Setlist Game standings review with some surprises.
The E90 marks a wonderful step forward: instead of the 20 megs average, it has 80 megs free to run programs!
We take your questions, talk about some new site ideas, and discuss the Babe Ruths of the Setlist Game.
The E90 gets HSDPA, but sadly for those of us in the US, it supports only the 2100MHz band used in Europe, so we only have EDGE to work with in the US.
In our tests, Real on the E90 had better than average performance for an S60 device, finally rivaling Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices with faster CPUs.
There's also an FM radio that uses the wired headset as its antenna (though you can play radio through the speaker) and Flash Lite (not to be confused with the Flash browser plugin on the desktop).
Nokia has improved on the N95's GPS with firmware updates, and we hope they do the same with the E90.
As with all Nokia Communicators, the E90 has two faces: open it looks like a miniature notebook computer, and closed it's a large candy bar phone.
Go to Select Game and you'll find the full list of games sorted by category: action, racing, cards, sports, children, etc.
The key surfaces have good traction and share the same finish as the phone's body, and there's a bevel line at the bottom of each key to help your fingers discern one row from the next.
The hinges are heavy duty and stiff, which means you can have the display stay open at most any angle up to 180 degrees flat, with a definite lock at about 5 degrees past the 45 mark.
And with the unexpected song returns, we take a look at the setlist game and if anyone was able to predicted them, including the show winners who will each get an Ants 2016 Tour wristband.
The E90 has dedicated 3D hardware acceleration which is an interesting inclusion for a business oriented phone.
No installation, no connection, you only need the file and your computer to enjoy this good collection of games that will give you hours of fun.
Unfortunately, indoor shots in poorly lit locations are Nokia's weak point and the E90 is no exception.
We've got the stats to break down on just how likely you were to score some seats through the lottery, and you may be surprised to see how your tenure in the Warehouse affects the likelihood.
Like the Nokia N95, the E90 is relatively slow to acquire a GPS fix and there's no assisted GPS feature to speed things up (yet).
If you leave the Messaging application running, it will automatically check for new mail and notify you (it retrieves headers only until you tell it to download the full message).
From a US perspective, the phone is more practical being quad band EDGE rather than 2 triband versions (no having to do research to make sure you get the one that works on all US bands).
