Archive for the ‘Nokia’ Category
After much leaking of information, Nokia’s N96 slider cellphone is now official. It’s a quad-band, US 3G-enabled (WCDMA) phone with a 2.8-inch screen, 16GB of built-in memory, a 5-megapixel Carl-Zeiss Tessar lens, A-GPS and 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi. The media-player functions of the phone get their own dedicated slide-out keypad, as we knew. It’s due out in the last quarter of the year, and pricing is estimated by Nokia at around $810.
Nokia today fulfilled a promise from earlier this month with two new Nseries devices both aimed at driving down the cost of getting into full smartphones. The N85 as flagship appears set to replace the N81 and upgrades the camera from two to five megapixels, also adding GPS both for mapping and for geotagging shots. It also switches to a 2.6-inch AMOLED screen that should supply richer color and as much as 28 hours of music playback on a single charge.
Like the N81, the N85 slider is considered an N-Gage friendly phone and has controls suited to playing games from Nokia’s service in landscape view. Music is also an emphasis, though the handset maker has opted against the built-in storage of the N81 8GB and instead bundles an 8GB microSDHC card, giving owners the option of an upgrade to 16GB or beyond in the future. Internet access is supplied either through HSDPA.
Nokia’s 3610 Fold is its latest clamshell cell phone, which it quietly announced this morning. Sporting a monochrome external display and 2" QVGA internal display, the 3610 Fold’s quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) compatibility means that worldwide coverage should not be an issue.
The 3610 Fold brings a 1.3 megapixel camera to the mix, and its microSD card slot, which supports 4GB cards, makes sure there will always be enough storage space for your photos. Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 and a 2.5mm audio port are also on board.
The Nokia 3610 Fold is set to be available in Q3 2008, priced at EUR125 (US$187) before taxes and subsidies.
For those invited to private launch parties in New York and Chicago last Thursday, you’ve probably been playing with your shiny new US E71 all weekend. For everyone else, today’s the day. The Americas version of the handset — which includes GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and HSDPA 850/1900 support — is finally on sale to the general public through a variety of retailers. Now, the only problems are sneaking out of the office early, finding a store with stock and coming up with approximately $500.
T-Mobile UK has launched the Nokia 6650, a clamshell smartphone that was announced at CeBIT in Germany earlier this year. This smartphone sports a 2 megapixel camera and 2.5mm headset port.
The Nokia 6650 is powered by Nokia’s S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 user interface and offers up three softkeys beneath the external display, for controlling music and other limited functionality. A built-in GPS receiver works in conjunction with Nokia Maps for easy navigation, and the 1500mAh battery should offer plenty of power for extended use.
The Nokia 6650 should be available now from T-Mobile UK.
Today we spotted the new Nokia 3608 clamshell for the Chinese market. While we are missing a few details and have only one photo, we did get this off of a public Nokia web server, so we have no doubt about the source of the information. We can also say with some certainty that this is a CDMA cell phone, not GSM, though we have no idea if it supports 3G EV-DO data like its dual-sliding brother, the 8208.
Key features of the 3608 include a 1.3 megapixel camera, dual color displays, and GPS support. It also comes equipped with external touch sensitive music keys, an FM radio, and support for microSD memory cards as large as 4GB in size. Bluetooth stereo support is also included, as is a speaker independent voice dialing application.
Nokia lists the 3608 as having a “Series 40 Nokia like UI”, so it seems clear that this isn’t really a S40 device in the traditional sense. It is also unclear whether the 3608 is made for Nokia by another company, such as has been done with Pantech in the past. In any event, the spec sheet claims that this fashionable clamshell cell phone will be capable of up to 3.5 hours of talk time or 11 days of standby time on a full battery charge.
No word on when the device will be announced officially or when it might be available for purchase.
Those of you who’ve been patiently waiting for your fancy new smartphone (you know, one that lacks any real buttons) will be happy to know that the Nokia N78 has been released in the US for $560. We pasted all the spec info after the jump in case you’re in need of a refresher, but to pick up your N78 you’ll have to venture to a Nokia flagship store in NY or Chicago—or just go online. But go online sounds too plebeian for purchasing a phone that costs as much as a laptop, no?
Today seems to be the day when we get the lowdown on a variety of new phone models. After the glut of Sony Ericsson models we saw this morning, let’s welcome some new Nokia handsets to the scene.
The Nokia E71 comprises of a full size QWERTY keyboard, and weighs in at 126g. It is equipped with push email and has a HSDPA connection with up to 3.6 Mbps for fast browsing. You also get built-in GPS and Nokia Maps to help you navigate your way around town, as well as a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash.
Today Nokia officially announced two new additions to its E series business-focused devices, the E66 slider and the E71 bar-phone with full QWERTY keyboard. They share a large number of features. Both have quad-band GSM/EDGE radios and several 3G profiles, with each coming in a 3.6Mbps WCDMA/HSDPA 850/1900 North American variant. Bluetooth 2.0+EDR with stereo support and Wi-Fi are included. They run the Nokia S60 operating system with Feature Pack 1. A 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash is standard on both phones, as is GPS, 2.5mm headset jacks and microSD support for cards up to 8GB. Both are loaded with Nokia’s business software, such as a VPN client and support for Exchange. Both phones also share the E series styling first seen on the E51. They will be available in the third quarter.
- E66: This slider phone is the successor to the E65. Its stand out feature is that it has an accelerometer built in, and will auto-rotate the screen when it is turned sideways.
- E71: This phone is the progeny of the E61/62. It is smaller than the E61/62, but still has a full QWERTY keyboard for typing messages.
Nokia today quietly unveiled the 1580, a starter candybar phone for CDMA carriers, most of which operate in the US. The phone sits just above Nokia’s most basic phones with an FM radio as its most advanced feature; the phone also supports using its micro USB connection both to charge and to supply legacy 1xRTT data access to a computer through tethering. A color display, a 2.5mm headset jack, and basic voice memo recording are its other standout features.
The company doesn’t list price but says it will bring the 1508 to “select” CDMA carriers during the summer in black as well as silver/blue and silver/red two-tone versions. Carriers haven’t been named, though the low-cost nature of the phone suggests that it will be a free-on-contract phone for Alltel, Sprint or Verizon, and potentially smaller carriers such as Cricket, Virgin Mobile, or more regional providers.
