Nokia N79 Active with Wireless Polar Bluetooth WearLink Heart Monitor

Nokia’s new, sportier variation of the N79 handset, known as the Nokia N79 Active, is aimed – as its title suggests – specifically at the health conscious, the health obsessed or the plain neurotic in being bundled with Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate monitor allowing you to keep tabs on your pulse rate as you exercise, sit in front of the TV or have a coronary (or, perhaps, just to assist you in ensuring that you don’t overdo it in reaching for that next cool beer).

Based on the original Nokia N79 cell phe, its specifications, apart from coming with the aforementioned Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate monitor remain wholly unchanged in offering a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, integrated GPS and FM tuner and 3G connectivity though, in fairness, you will get sport sytled headphones (probably crap), and an armband bundled in for good measure as well as a 4GB microSD card.

In terms of the additional functionality on offer over the plain vanilla N79, the N79 Active candybar, thanks to the Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate monitor, will allow you to keep tabs on your exercise regime and, thanks to integration with the phone’s inbuilt aGPS can help you ‘plot your route’ via the included apparently updated Sports Tracker application.

Set to become available in ‘selected markets’ the Nokia N79 Active will purportably retail at around the €375/$490 price point.