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Youngsters have quiet a habit of changing mobiles in a regular basis. The need for change, if felt, is when they want to upgrade their cell and couldn’t do it because technology restricts them. There are many mobile manufacturers in the market trying to make it big, but Nokia is one such leader that has all the latest features incorporated in all their N-series. Once you buy the phone and you are sorted, at least until something new doesn’t crop up.

The Nokia N73 music mobile phone is a generous 2GB mini-SD card capable device that can store upto 1500 songs. This music edition is equipped with a number of connectivity options. It sports Bluetooth, infrared, and USB 2.0 connectivity, it also has a USB cable in the sales package. The web browser has the ability to scroll through each page with a feature called ‘page overview’. Email is also included with SMTP, IMAP4 and POP3 clients supported. Email attachments can be downloaded and saved to its mini-SD card.

It supports MP3, AAC, M4A, eAAC+ and WMA files. The device also includes RealPlayer, so playing full screen videos in MPEG-4 format is also possible. The N73 Music Edition is a USB mass storage device so files can simply be dragged and dropped onto the phone without using its software. A stereo FM radio with 20 preset stations is controlled through a stylish media menu. Running on the Symbian 9.1 operating system, the phone has full array of smart phone applications, including Quickoffice Word, PowerPoint and Excel document viewers, a host of PIM features (calendar, contacts, to-do list, notes, recorder, calculator, clock and converter) and both voice recording and dialing.

With a 3.2 megapixel camera featuring a Carl Zeiss lens, 20x digital zoom, a flash with red-eye reduction and auto-focus, it’s one of the best camera phones doing the circles in the market. Capturing images at upto 2048 x 1536 pixels, the N73 Music Edition’s colour reproduction is excellent. For editing photos and other images, it includes a copy of Adobe Photoshop Starter Edition 3.0 in its package. Video recording is also available; upto 1.5 hours of video in MP4 and 3GP formats can be stored. Hence, it could be used for both video calling over a 3G network or for taking portrait photos. Measuring 110mm x 49mm x 19mm, the N73 Music Edition weighs just 116g. The metallic plastic surrounding the keypad and controls gives the sense of class and style. There are buttons for menu, clear, edit and multimedia that surround the keypad. As the name suggests, the Nokia N73 Music Edition has a digital music player, which supports MP3 and AAC among others along with play-lists and equaliser. It also has OMA DRM 2.0 support for music files, stereo FM radio, integrated stereo speakers with 3D sound effects and Music Manager Application for music transfer. With all these features, Nokia is sure to fly high in the mobile world soon.

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The Toyota Supra was one of Toyota’s most popular sporting cars that gained many, many fans and spawned many racing enthusiasts and Supra lovers all over the world. The Mark I is the first generation of the car and ran from 1979 to 1981. The Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, and was then known as the Toyota Celica Supra until its third generation, then the Celica was dropped and it was essentially its own car. The assembly of this masterpiece was done strictly in Japan, and the body style consists of 2+2 fastback GT coupe format. The look of the Mark I was longer and wider when compared to the Celica, and the engine of the first four generations can trace their direct engine roots to the Toyota 2000GT.

The overall dimensions of the car with wheelbase at 2628.9mm, a length of 4615.2mm, a width of 1651mm, a height of 1290.3mm and a curb weight of 2800lbs, where there were subtle variations as the years rolled on. The first year of production of the Supra, named the Toyota Celica XX, saw the car having all modern conveniences of the period of power windows and locks, cruise control, sunroof (optional), fliptop arm rests, tilt steering wheel, deep zippered pockets, a tonneau cover, AM/FM/MPX 4 speaker radio, analog clock and tachometer. The engine was completely changed from the four cylinder of the Celica to the Inline 6, and the first year saw two engines on different sides of the pond; 2.6 litre (2563cc) 12 valve SOHC inline 6 engine (4M-E), and the 2.0 litre (1988cc) 12 valve SOHC inline 6 engine (M-EU) that both out putted 110hp (82kW) and 184 Nm (136 ft-lbs). They were the first Toyota engines to have electronic fuel injection. They also had either a four speed automatic or a five speed manual transmission with overdrive gear.

The solid rear axle configuration was kept from the Celica, which had optional limited slip differential. The car has standard four wheel disc brakes, which suspension that consists of MacPherson Struts and stabilizer bar at the front, and four link suspension with coil springs, stabilizer bar, and lateral track bar at the back. In 1980, the changes that occurred to the car was a increase performance engine of 2.0 litre (1988cc) 12 valve SOHC Turbocharged inline 6 engine that delivered 145hp (108kW), and a torque of 211 Nm (156 ft-lbs). It was the first Toyota engine to have a turbocharger, and it was outfitted with a Garrett T03 Turbo, but was not intercooled. There were also a few aesthetic changes like the addition of mudflaps with “Celica” on them, redesigned side mirrors, bigger aluminum rims, leather trimmed seating, and climate control.

In 1981, the final year of the Mark I, there was a massive engine upgrade with a (2759cc) 2.8 litre 12 valve SOHC engine but achieves 116hp (87kW) and a torque of 197Nm (145ft-lbs). The automatic transmission was also revamped as the Toyota A43D, as it attained a final drive setting. The change of the Mark I saw the Supra achieve acceleration from 0-60mph 10.24 seconds and the quarter mile in 17.5 seconds. It was a highly impressive performance at the time, and it was considered a supercar for the road. The last big addition was the sports package that offered raised white letter tyres, sport suspension, back and front spoilers, and the first introduction of the 8-track cartridge in any Supra.

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