Nokia N81 8GB Review

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The front part of the slider looks flat with no keys apparentlybulging outside the cover. The layout of the external keys hasnothing innovative except for the two Accept and Reject calls keys,which (sadly) have been placed at the far edges of the devicemaking it very hard to use. The other 'exception' is the silverMultimedia key, specific to Symbian phones, which is now placedbetween the D-pad and the red Reject calls keys. The key area ofthe slider also includes two soft keys, the Menu key and the C(delete) key. The big D-pad in the middle of the area has beensurrounded by a silver frame, which can be used to navigate throughthe menu. The center of the D-pad is VERY hard to push and the4-side of the D-pad are equally hard to press. Pity, but the bigbutton has been awkwardly built and offers little to no tactilefeedback. Still, there's one feature that no other Nokia handsetwill offer you, and that is the Navi wheel navigation. When thefunction is active, it enables the use of the D-pad like a touchsensitive control key. Unfortunately, this function is only limitedto gallery, music player and multimedia menu; thus, you won't beable to experience it when simply browsing the menus. This willprobably make those that own the slider to use gallery, musicplayer and multimedia menu more frequently than usual just to feelthe experience of the Navi wheel navigation. Above the 2.4 inchdisplay, there is a small secondary camera, which can be used forvideo-calls, but also for taking pictures (self portraits) orrecording clips.