Nokia really made gold with their N Series range of mobile phones. It was head on clash with Sony Ericsson’s Walkman Series of phones. Even so, the loyals were faithful to their companies by which they swore by. With the N Series, Nokia actually made the kill.
There are 5 Music Edition (ME) mobiles from Nokia including the N Series which we’ll be taking about now. They are N70 ME, N73 ME and N91 ME in the N Series and the Nokia 5300 & Nokia 3250 XpressMusic ranges.
Difference between the normal N Series and Music Edition N Series:
Nokia N Series Music Edition is nothing with updated firmwares and some extra accesories. Hardware wise, both are the same. You can also check for new versions of software and firmware from Nokia site here: Nokia Get support and Software.
For the complete information, resources and the procedure, head over to these links:
How To: Update Original Nokia N73 Firmware to Music Edition
I turned my N73 into N73 ME
Turn Nokia N70 into Music Edition
Should you change your N Series to Music Edition?
Be adviced that your mobile’s warranty becomes void if you change your PID, flash or update your firmware. Also you can’t revert back your old PID. Plus if you didn’t follow the steps properly for updating firmware, then your mobile gets damaged. But nothing will happen by just flashing.
N73 + 2gig card + 3.5mm adapter would cost more than the N73 ME or atleast will be almost the same. So there’s no point in flashing your N73 to N73 ME. Plus the prices are justified as this 2GB memory card, black cover and a Audio Remote Handsfree will be costing more than Rs 3k.
So if you want your old N series mobile to be turned into the Music Edition, then go ahead, otherwise it’s not wise to buy the N Series and then convert to Music Edition.
Now we need to wait for the three new N Series mobiles: Nokia N76, N93i, N800! These are added in the N Series page as well.
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Hey mate , now I know that you mentioned that the upgrade to the me or ie might not be justified , but after looking in to this there are some clear advantages if you look clearly , I for one did not even know about being able to do just a thing , now don’t get me wrong , I have tried both and did not like the fonts , I hated them that much that I decide to go back to the standard firmware , but because of this I ended up with a upgrade , I for one was clearly hampered by my carrier and after looking on the nokia site and not seeing that there was any upgrade to firmware available ( t-mobile uk to be exact) .
right so after changing back to the euro code I managed to upgrade, it would seem after speaking to somebody from a nokia official service centre, that my carrier decide to go with a old firmware just so they could use some poxy feature that nobody would use like t-zones, most people who go for this sort of handset would not want to use t-zones and know where to get symbian freeware that will improve there nokia n73 experience. I this what it all boils down to is that after finding out that I could change to the me or ie editions for my vanilla n73 just made me want to get it right. now I have to say I am happy with this handset now , and to be honest this has got to be the best I have owned , that’s a small feat in its self as I have owned 7 phones in the space 5 months , you see that I actually work for t-mobile. as for the fact that 2gb cards are expensive, I would be forced to disagree with that, infact I think that nokia for once have thought about this, I mean by the looks of things the mini sd format is one of the cheapest there is I mean I have found a site that I can get a 2gb card delivered for £14.99 which would give me the same memory size as a ipod nano at this site, here is a link, http://www.mymemory.co.uk/comp...../Nokia+N73
The great convergence of communication devices and portable media devices I think is here and I for once am loving the nokia n73 is and of its forms e.g., standard vanilla, music edition, internet edition.
I hope that you don’t think I am having a dig at all because I am not,
The entire best mate,
Alex Slane
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