Nokia N900 gets Pay Monthly pricing

The N900 isn't far away now - it's due on 16 November. As a result, we're due some pricing information and, lo and behold, here it is courtesy of mobile comparison site Omio.

It's possible to get the handset on a 24-month contract for as little as £20 per month from Orange, though that'll only give you 200 minutes and you'll have to shell out £170 for the handset. A similar 24-month deal from O2 for £30 per month will net you 600 minutes, and the phone itself will only cost £10.

If you're determined to get the handset free, then a 24-month deal from Orange will set you back £35 per month with 900 minutes. The cheapest 18-month contact is £25 per month, again from Orange, with 600 minutes and £220 upfront phone cost.

Are you itching to get your hands on the N900? Tell us why, and which pricing option you reckon you'll go for, in the comments.

Source: http://www.pocket-lint.com/

Nokia N71 May Come to AT&T

AT&T is in the process of prepping the Nokia N71 for release, according to an unconfirmed report.

This smartphone will supposedly be a merger of the best from Nokia's N-series and E-series devices.

It will have a tablet shape and look somewhat similar to the Nokia E62, which AT&T once offered.

The E71 is expected to run Symbian S60 Feature Pack 2, and include 3G (HSDPA), Wi-Fi, GPS, and a 3.2-megapixel camera.

At the rumored measurements of 4.4 in. by 2.25 in. by 0.4 in. (112 x 57 x 10 mm) and 4.2 oz. (120 grams) it will reportedly be considerably smaller than the E62, while still having virtually all the features of the much larger Nokia E90.

Pictures of the E71 have been leaked to IntoMobile showing a device that looks a lot like a merge between the E61i and the Palm Centro.

The BGR source didn't say when AT&T will release this smartphone, or what it will cost.

source : http://www.brighthand.com/

Nokia to bring out its first touchscreen phone

Nokia’s answer to the iPhone was shown the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference in California earlier this week. The Finnish handset maker’s first touch screen phone is uncannily reminiscent of the Apple device.

Although it still hasn’t been launched, the phone made its first appearance already last summer at Nokia’s GoPlay event in August 2007.

The device will be named Nokia Tube 5800. However, the discussion surrounding the device has dubbed it ‘Nokia’s iPhone killer’.

Nokia’sTube has some advantages over the Apple device. It has a 3.3 mega pixel camera, while the iPhone only has 2 mega pixels. It also comes with 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, a TV output port, but only has a disappointing 140MB of memory.

Although the Nokia version beats the iPhone in some features, such as 3G functionality, the phone will only be launched later on this year, by which time the 3G iPhone will probably be out already.

Nokia 2680 - Cheapest Ever Slider Phone?

Another of Nokia’s new ‘entry-level’ range, the 2680 is a budget slider featuring Bluetooth, a VGA (0.3 megapixel) digital camera and FM radio, which innovatively comes with a recording facilities to encode content to digital formats on the internal memory. You’ll also find an email client installed along with a web browser and MP3 support for ringtones.

The display of Nokia 2680 is pretty basic at just 128×160 pixels though, with a relatively meagre talk-time, for a phone so low on features, of just three hours. You do get support for WAP 2.0, quad-band GSM and a Series 40 interface, so it certainly shouldn’t let you down when out and about. This is actually Nokia’s first foray into the slide market for entry-level mobiles, and considering slider phones are traditionally tricky to find at the low-end of the market it should have decent appeal for fans of this particular type of design.

The 2680 is expected to start shipping in Q3 2008, for an estimated retail price of around 75 euros (about £60) before discounts from providers and contracts are taken into account.

4 Low-cost Phones from Nokia for emerging markets

Nokia this week filled in the lower end of its mobile phone portfolio with four new low cost handsets intended for users in developing countries looking for replacement units.

The handsets are very low cost -- from 50 euros ($78) to 90 euros ($141) -- and will be available by the third quarter, the world's largest mobile phone maker said Wednesday at the Growing Together conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.

"People in emerging markets like Africa are increasingly demanding more from their mobile phone. Their expectations and demands in terms of functionality and design are similar to people in any other part of the world. They simply have less income at their disposal," said Alex Lambeek, a Nokia VP.

First-time buyers of mobile phones have been growing for some time now in emerging markets, Nokia said. But the number of users looking to upgrade is on the rise as well. "In 2008, Nokia anticipates that for the first time, the number of replacement purchases in emerging markets will exceed those of first-time buyers," the vendor said, in a statement.

The Nokia 5000 has a 1-3 megapixel camera, an FM radio with recording capability, a high resolution QVGA display and MP3 ringtones. The 5000 supports e-mail and other essential applications as well, including Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging, Bluetooth interface, and GPRS connectivity. It will ship in the second quarter with an estimated retail price of 90 euros ($141).

The Nokia 2680 slide phone is the other low cost mobile phone and it is first slider device for entry-level markets. The 2680 slide has an FM radio with recording, a built-in camera and MP3 ringtones. It also contains all the essential mobile phone features, like an expanded directory. It will ship in the third quarter with an estimated price of 75 euros ($118).

The design of the Nokia 7070 Prism is really very attractive with its geometric patterns and external light effects. The 7070 Prism offers nice content with themes, wallpapers, and MP3 ringtones. The Nokia 7070 Prism has a voice recorder and built-in hands-free speaker and will ship in the third quarter for $50 euros ($78).

The last one is Nokia 1680 classic, which the company described as its most affordable camera phone ever. Nokia 1680 has all the basic mobile phone features with a VGA camera and one-touch video recording features. It will ship in the second quarter for 50 euros ($78).

Nokia 6210 Navigator- Finding Your Way for You

The Nokia 6210 Navigator replaced the Nokia 6110 Navigator. This sliding mobile phone has plenty of excellent features to make it a success. However, the most notable feature that it has is the application created by Nokia, none other than Nokia Maps 2.0! Also, for those of you who were not satisfied with the 3G the previous Navigator had, this time around you are sure to have satisfaction guaranteed!

The main focus of this mobile phone is to provide pedestrian users very accurate directions. The previous Navigator had only a typical navigation. The 6210 also has an integrated accelerometer. This will turn the map provided in the phone into the right direction depending on where you are headed. Also, you are sure to appreciate the phone’s integrated compass. This will keep the map in your phone updating regularly while you are on foot. The update rate is quiet a reasonable one. This means then that the Nokia 6210 Navigator will provide you with a ‘turn by turn’ guidance! This mobile phone also comes with a standard car mount. So, it would not only benefit you when you are walking, but also when you are driving! This mobile phone also packs some more cool features. It comes with a microSD card of 1 GB. It also has FM radio features along with the MP3 player. Moreover, it has a 3.2 megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.0. Its internal storage amounts to 120 MB and has a 3.5 G HSDPA (High- Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. You can also use the 6210 Navigator for navigating your way around even if there is no SIM card inside! If you want to have more multimedia city guides and maps, you can easily buy them from maps.nokia.com. The Nokia 6210 Navigator is indeed one handy device, especially for those with no sense of direction!

source : http://www.freepressreleases.co.uk/

Nokia N82 in Black

As a matter of principle, we very rarely carry stories about handsets being launched in a different colour from the original. A new coat of paint does not make a new phone, but in the case of the Nokia N82 in Black (or "Nokia N82 in black" as Nokia like to call it in lowercase) there's a little more to this variant than just a different colour.

Most features are identical to the original Nokia N82, but the Black version now supports geotagging, a feature that was all the rage at last month's big Mobile World Congress event. Put simply, this version of the N82 will record the GPS position of your photograph, so its exact location is recorded. This is useful for sorting photos, but certain filesharing sites can also read the GPS location data for easy identification.

Although it's a fairly normal looking phone, the Nokia N82 comes with A-GPS (assisted GPS), a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, WiFi, HSDPA high-speed data, 3G UMTS / WCDMA, a stereo FM radio and microSD expandable memory. This is basically the same package as on the original N82 - so it's a pretty formidable handset underneath.

In addition, the black N82 comes with a free trial of Nokia's navigation package, support for N-Gage gaming and on top of that, this is a Symbian S60 smartphone - so users can add more applications later.

This is really just a software upgrade of the original platform, so presumably owners of the original silver N82 will be able to upgrade their handsets to support geotagging. It would be nice if this was enable for N95, N95 8GB and E90 customers too.

source : http://www.mobilegazette.com/

Nokia 6124 Classic

This brings us to the Nokia 6124 Classic, a device that actually is exclusive to the Vodafone network.. but one that is almost exactly identical to last year's Nokia 6120 Classic.

Well, when we say identical, we mean apart from the 6124's looks. It's a glossier, smarter looking device than the 6120 and it looks very similar to the upcoming Nokia 6220.

This is an HSDPA smartphone with a 2 megapixel camera plus flash, microSD expandable memory (up to 8GB), a 2" 240 x 320 pixel display, FM radio and Bluetooth. We would have hoped that Nokia could have improved the camera, but overall the 6124 is based on the well regarded 6120 and it will offer most of the features that anyone could want.

Nokia and Vodafone say that the 6124 Classic should be available during the second quarter of 2008.

source: http://www.mobilegazette.com/

Nokia N810 Internet Tablet Review

With the announcement of the N770, Nokia created the new “Internet Tablet” class – small tablet-like devices, intended mainly for Internet usage. This idea evolved, and now we are reviewing the third model of this family, the N810. It upgrades the N800 to increase its functionality, and the Tablet now has integrated QWERTY hardware keyboard for messaging, GPS receiver, for using it also as navigator.

Although it has the typical form-factor for such device (landscape oriented, with large display), the design language is very different from the one of the N800. The polished metal front and battery cover help for the stylish look.When compared to its predecessor, the N810’s dimensions have been decreased in every aspect, but it still manages to pack the same 4.13” touch screen with 800x480 pixels resolution. The image reproduced by the display is slightly different from the one of the N800, but this can be noticed only in a direct A-B comparison. What is important is that it has excellent quality and previewing websites, images, or watching videos is a great experience.

As expected, everything comes at a price. The pop-up, swiveling camera is replaced with immobile one. There are Home and Back keys on the front, but the D-pad is missing. It is relocated on a slider that opens from the bottom. Here also is the 4-row QWERTY keyboard, which although a fast method for text input is not the best. There are a few drawbacks: it is flat, the keys are rather hard to press, and the top row is very close to the upper slider. If you input numbers often, the fact that there is no separate row for digits would be another drawback. We preferred to use the on-screen keyboard for short texts, but opened the slider when there was more text input.

On the top are situated the light indicator, and a few keys, including fullscreen, zoom out/in rocker and the power button in the middle. Added is a switch that locks the display, which acts similarly to the one of the N81 8GB we reviewed earlier, but doesn’t produce the same unpleasant sound. At the end is the stylus, which is now more comfortable to get in and out.

The stereo speakers are symmetrically located on the left and right sides, and on the latter, there also are the 3.5mm jack and the charger input. When the stand integrated in the bottom is extended, the microUSB on this side is revealed, as well as the SD slot and the lock for the battery cover on the bottom. Unlike the N800, the N810 has only one slot for a full-sized SD.

Source : http://www.phonearena.com/

Nokia N96 Super Smartphone combines the best of both N81 and N95

Rumors have been swirling around on the Internet some time now about the Nokia N96, because it was supposed to meld the brawn of the N95 with the gaming goodness of the N81.

As far as we can tell, this glossy black wonder totally delivers on all fronts.

It really isn't much of a stretch to say that the Nokia N96 super smartphone marries the best of both worlds for the N81 and N95. On the one hand it has stuff like Symbian 60 and a 5MP camera like the N95, but it has more of the appearance of the N81, along with the N-Gage gaming platform. But the N96 brings more to the table too.

There's 16GB of internal memory in this puppy, which is double what the N95 8GB offers. What's more, the display is a glorious 2.8-incher, they've tossed in DVB-H for digital TV, a kickstand for desktop viewing, and funky backlit touch buttons that morph to suit the current needs. Music brings up the usual rewind and fast forward, whereas N-Gage brings up gaming controls.

Expect the Nokia N96 to launch with an asking price of about $800, but it probably won't have support for US 3G.

source:http://www.mobileguru.co.uk/

Nokia and University of Cambridge Launch the Morph - a Nanotechnology Concept Device

Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) (NYSE: NOK - News) and the University of Cambridge (UK) - was launched today alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Morph features in both the exhibition catalog and on MoMA's official website.

Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, commented: "Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile devices; the Morph concept shows what might be possible."

Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Head of the NRC Cambridge UK laboratory, Nokia, commented: "We hope that this combination of art and science will showcase the potential of nanoscience to a wider audience. The research we are carrying out is fundamental to this as we seek a safe and controlled way to develop and use new materials."

Professor Mark Welland, Head of the Department of Engineering's Nanoscience Group at the University of Cambridge and University Director of Nokia-Cambridge collaboration added: "Developing the Morph concept with Nokia has provided us with a focus that is both artistically inspirational but, more importantly, sets the technology agenda for our joint nanoscience research that will stimulate our future work together."

The partnership between Nokia and the University of Cambridge was announced in March, 2007 - an agreement to work together on an extensive and long term programme of joint research projects. NRC has established a research facility at the University's West Cambridge site and collaborates with several departments - initially the Nanoscience Center and Electrical Division of the Engineering Department - on projects that, to begin with, are centered on nanotechnology.

Elements of Morph might be available to integrate into handheld devices within 7 years, though initially only at the high-end. However, nanotechnology may one day lead to low cost manufacturing solutions, and offers the possibility of integrating complex functionality at a low price.

source:http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080225/ukm009.html?.v=101