4:47 AM
Nokia officially announced the 6260 slide mobile phone, which can be considered as the slider version of the 6220 Classic candy-bar. The Nokia 6260 slide features a 2.4-inch 16 million color 320×480 LCD display, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with Carl Zeiss lens and dual LED flash.
6260 slide is Nokia’s first S40 platform mobile phone to have integrated GPS receiver and with A-GPS support and Nokia Maps. It supports HSUPA, HSDPA as well as WiFi connectivity.
Nokia 6260 slide will be shipped in early 2009 for Euro 299.
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7:50 AM
Nokia’s iPhone challenger is coming. The XpressMusic 5800, the Tube is Nokia’s first full touchscreen phone. Guys over at MobileBurn has got the S60-powered phone, and show us some videos.
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11:01 PM
Nokia officially introduces the new E63 Business Smartphone. “Building on the success of the Nokia E71, the company’s flagship messaging device, the Nokia E63 brings the QWERTY keyboard form factor to a broader audience at a great price.
Nokia E63 features a 2.36-inch 320×240 QVGA display, built-in 2 Megapixel camera with digital zoom and LED flash, full QWERTY keyboard, support for WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 and support for WCDMA 3G 900/2100 or 850/1900 or 850/2100, quad-band GSM networks.
The E63 has 110MB internal memory and has a microSD card slot for up to 8GB of memory card. It offers also a 3.5mm headphone jack. The integrated 2 Megapixel camera is able to capture 320×240 video clips at 15fps. The phone, of course, has integrated multimedia players.
Nokia will ship the E63 next week and the estimate price is EUR 199.
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5:30 AM
Nokia officially introduces the N79 mobile phone. The N79 is a candy-bar style smartphone running the Symbian OS 9.3 S60 3rd edition with Feature Pack 2.
Nokia N79 features a 2.4-inch QVGA 16 million color LCD display, a 5 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, 20x digital zoom, dual LED flash; a front camera with 2x digital zoom, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, an integrated music player supporting MP3, WMA, AAC.
The N79 is able to capture 640×480 VGA video at 30fps. Videos are recorded in MP4 or 3GP files with H.264, H.263 codecs. It comes with also video player supporting MPEG4, AVC/H.264, WMV, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP video formats.
The Nokia N79 supports quad-band GSM, WCDMA and HSDPA networks. It has built-in FM tuner, and integrated support for A-GPS navigation with Nokia Maps. It has 50MB internal memory and supports up to 8GB of microSD memory card.
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5:28 AM
In addition to N79, Nokia introduces also the N85 two-way slider smartphone. The N85 features a 2.6-inch OLED display, a 5 Megapixel camera, a front camera with 2x digital zoom for video calls, Bluetooth, integrated GPS, A-GPS, and Cell based navigation with Nokia’s Maps 2.0 application, and built-in video and music player.
The integrated 5 Megapixel camera features 20x digital zoom, image stabilization, auto focus, Dual LED flash, and red-eye reduction. It comes with dedicated camera key, music keys and game keys.
The N85 is a smartphone with quad-band GSM, WCDMA and HSDPA support. It offers also WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. N85 has also a 3.5mm headphone jack. The phone has 74MB dynamic memory, 78MB NAND flash memory and supports up to 8GB of microSD card.
It runs S60 3rd Edition OS.
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9:43 AM
This Thursday saw the launch of Samsung’s i850 8-megapixel camera phone as it was officially launched in the UK.
The Samsung i850 which has been renamed INNOV8, is one of the best camera phones on the market it has a 8-megapixel camera, Autofocus, blink shot, smile shot, face recognition and double LED flash all at the touch of a button.
See if you can tell the difference between the photo’s above, we think very similar.
If you want to watch video on your mobile then the Samsung INNOV8 i850 could be for you, its media player can handle WMV, DivX, Real Player and Mpeg4 video; all this media can be stored on its SD expandable and 16GB models.
If you like your music the guys at Samsung have added the perfect function for you, jack your phone into your own home speakers, voila you have all your favourite MP3’s through your home speakers which has 3D surround sound.
After all this explaining and examining of the Samsung i850, we have noticed it looks exactly like the Nokia N95, if phones could be related I would put money on it that they were twins, check it out for yourself.
Source: pocket-lint
3:40 AM
Nokia's luxury 8800 range has seen a new edition to the range today - the 8800 Carbon Arte edition. As the name would imply, the handset is made of carbon fibre, stainless steel, and titanium. To no-ones surprise, the handset, with its premium materials, much like its predecessors, will not come cheap. Before taxes, and operator subsidies, it'll set you back a wallet-busting €1,100/$1,600. Fingerprints have been an issue on previous editions of the8800, but, fear not, as, for the Carbon Arte, they have decked it out in anti-fingerprint casing. It's set to start shipping by the end of this quarter, that means the very end of September, at the very latest.
Tech specs are as follows:
- Connectivity: Tri-band GSM
- Display: 2.0", QVGA resolution, OLED, showing up to sixteen million colours
- Camera: 3.2 MP, with autofocus, video recording: VGA @ 15 FPS
- Memory: 4GB internal, no card slot
- Extras: Bluetooth 2.0, Micro USB connector
- Battery: 1000 mAh
- In-box accessories: Bluetooth headset, desk stand, and leather carrying case
- Dimensions: 109 x 45.6 x 14.6 mm,
- Weight: 150 grams
- Form factor: Slider
11:03 AM
The N79 will sport the candybar form factor, looks to come with a 2.4” display, 5MP camera, with dual LED flash, 3.5G HSDPA, and possibly GPS and Wi-Fi. It should be using Feature Pack 2.
The N85 employs the dual slide form factor of the Nokia N96. It should come with Quad-band GMS connectivity, 3.5G, 5MP camera with dual LED flash, Wi-Fi and a-GPS. Like the N79, the N85 should be using FP2.
SOURCE: Mobile Review