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Nokia 5630 XpressMusic HSUPA fast and S60 powerful

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

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Like Symbian candybars? Then try this surprising little number, the 5630 XpressMusic. Nokia’s 5800-sib is an N-Gage ready, 12-mm slimster with a 4GB microSD card dropped in the box along side a standard 3.5-mm headphone jack to rock whatever buds, plugs, or cans you have an itch for. It’s also packing a 3.2 megapixel, “4x zoom” camera with dual-LED flash and HSDPA/HSUPA data to move your pics and videos up to your favorite photo sharing site on a rocket. Dedicated audio keys and Nokia’s “say and play” feature makes the 5630 a media all-rounder. Expected in Q2 for around €200 pre-tax, pre-subsidy.

Nokia E63 hands-on

Friday, December 5th, 2008

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While the N97 was free to fondle, the slightly less exciting E63 was decidedly bolted to a table, so we had to take what angles we could get. The phone is basically a cheap-o version of the E71: Nokia figured it had a good thing going on in that QWERTY candybar, and decided to spread the love at a lower price point, with a slightly thicker, plastic handset. The good news is that no matter what you do to cheapen the phone, the E63 comes from good stock, and is really a compelling form factor. The slight bump in thickness is negligible, and while the cheaper materials are easily distinguished from the luxury feel of the E71, the phone by no means feels cheap. Except for the keyboard. For some reason Nokia opted to remove the hardened, clickier E71 keys and replace them with a softer, rubberier keyboard with a considerable amount of distributed give to it — that still leaves it as one of Nokia’s best QWERTYs to date, but we greatly prefer the E71. The other compelling difference between the phone and its inspiration is the inclusion of a full 3.5mm headphone jack, instead of the mini jack found on the E71. Not bad at all, but we’d guess Nokia saved a lot more money in materials and manufacturing process than with the sorry removal of GPS and HSDPA.

Nokia N96 Hits US Flagship Stores Early

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

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Nokia’s North American N96 has already made an appearance at Best Buy Mobile locations but, if you’re the die hard type that prefers to keep things as Nokia-centric as possible, you’ll no doubt be pleased to know that Nokia’s flagship phone is now also available at Nokia’s two flagship stores in New York and Chicago. You will have to pay a slight premium for all that Nokia-ness, however, with the phone running a hefty $842 (unlocked, of course) at the stores compared to the $800 Best Buy is asking. Those with a bit more will power and slightly less affection for Nokia may want to think twice though, as Amazon now also has the phone listed for just $705.99, albeit with a promised ship date of November 9th.

Nokia bows touchscreen 5800 XpressMusic

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

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Armed with a roomy touch display, stereo speakers, and—eventually—a year’s worth of free music, Nokia’s long-awaited touchscreen phone (formerly known as “The Tube”) will make its debut in London today. Can it compete with the iPhone and T-Mobile’s Google-powered G1? (more…)

Nokia E71 - User Pros and Cons

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

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Here is E71 - User Pros and Cons,
Having owned this phone for 2 days I must admit to being very impressed by it. I’ve owned many Nokia before and this is something special. The battery life is extraordinary.
Pros (Lightly covered) :
Remote lock - phone gets stolen, use mates phone to send a pre-defined code, phone locks, thief gets code wrong 3 times, phone get erased, Great!
Aesthetics - All metal, perfect build quality, feels indescribably ‘right’ (like the iphone 3g)
Speed - No waiting for apps to load, so refreshing for the impatient like me
Breathing status light - Thank you Nokia for getting rid of the mega strobe, smoothing white glows are the way to go, not ‘emergency blue panic’ strobes (more…)

Nokia E71 Overview

Monday, August 18th, 2008

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Released together with Nokia E66, the Nokia E71, is the successor of the Nokia E61i, featuring a full QWERTY keyboard with a landscape LCD screen (2.4-inch). Nokia redesigns the body of the E71, use stainless steel instead of plastic, and make the E71 a lot slimmer than the then E61i. Like the E66, the E71 also supports 3G network and Wi-Fi network.

Features and specifications of the E71 include a built-in 3.2-megapixel digital camera, a MP3 music player, video player, microSD memory expansion slot, and Stereo Bluetooth connectivity.