CNET review the Nokia N90 and writes, “The Nokia N90 can capture up to an hour of video at three resolutions: MPEG-4 (352×288 FCIF resolution at 15fps instead of 30fps), 3GPP, and 3gp–with the same limitations on multimedia-message and e-mail transmission and transferal as with digital stills. The phone includes both video- and image-editing capabilities, if you have the patience to work with a small screen and drill down through the various edit-control option menus.”

Trusted reviews notes, “At first glance Nokia’s N90 looks like a pretty standard clamshell phone albeit a chunky one. Weighing 173g it feels like a bit of a monster in the hand, and at 112 x 51 x 24mm it’s unlikely that you’ll slip it into a small pocket and not notice that it is there.”

MobileBurn reviews the Nokia N90 and writes, “The N90 can be flipped open in 2 different stages. You first flip open the screen (top) portion to 90 degrees. You can easily rotate the screen to a maximum of 120 degrees to face you, transforming the N90 into a camcorder. This is the N90’s Imaging mode where you basically hold the keypad (bottom) portion, with easy thumb access to the camera shutter button and 5-way navigational joystick. It would have been best to be able to rotate the screen a full 360 degrees so that the main display can be used as a much better viewfinder than the external display. If you want to make a call, or type an SMS, you just have to flip open the N90 fully (close to 150 degrees), this time transforming it to the fold open mode.”

Mobile-Burn reviews the Nokia N90 and writes about problems with battery, “Unfortunately, everything is not as smooth with the battery life. A standard Li-Ion BL-5B battery capacious of 760 mAh is used. For you to compare, the majority of today smartphones has a BL-5C capacious of 900 mAh. There are no original expanded capacity batteries for the N90 and they are unlikely to be provided. The claimed standby time is 240 hours and up to 4.5 hour of talking. In reality, the device worked for about a day in Moscow networks (about 18 hours, to be precise). Using all the functions actively and mainly shooting shortened the battery life to a half of a day (about 3-4 clips with the duration of 2 minutes each and up to 60 photos). The main charge is spent on the two screens, a louder call signal as compared with the previous models and mechanic rotations with one or another phone mode turning on after. And the entire mechanic enchanting spectacle is not traceless for the device. The most economical N90 users will keep it alive for a day and a half and then the device will remind of a charging necessity. One should account on the battery enough for a day in case of 40 minutes of talks and up to 30 minutes of using other functions. Using the device longer will seriously decrease the battery life which is a minus. The big weight of the device prevented from increasing the battery capacity to 1100 mAh or more. That is also a shortcoming.”

InfoSync reviews the Nokia N90 and writes, “Another first in the N90 is the 2 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, which snaps high-quality stills at a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. The amount of settings available is impressive for a handset, with the ability to adjust exposure as a particular highlight along with good auto white balance and autofocus results. Further improving matters is a broad suite of image management applications along with support for PictBridge, as well as good video performance at QCIF resolution. Unfortunately, a hard shutter button and limited range Flash - 1.5 m, to be exact - proved to be limiting factors, but the overall impression is nevertheless good. ”

“Being a camera phone, you’d expect the N90 to deliver some good pictures. Running from 640×480 up to 1600×1200 the pictures are leaps ahead of what we had from the first generation camera phones. The N90’s Carl Zeiss lenses are an improvement over the plastic lenses you’re used to. Of course that lens technology is improving as well, and the N70 can give the N90 a good run in terms of picture quality (with average subjects and landscapes), but there’s a clear winner when comparing shots from these two phones. Compared to a regular digital camera, the N90 still feels a little bit lacking, but the performance is definitely in the “more than good enough” category.” - via All about Symbian