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Nokia announces 3 new phones

June 4th, 2011

Nokia, the global smartphone leader in marketshare, announced three new phones today. They are the E7, C7 and C6 and will be released with the already announced N8 by the end of the year. The N8 features a 12MP camera and 3.5″ touchscreen and will sell unlocked for about $475.

The E7 will feature a slide out keyboard with tilt along with an 8MP camera and be aimed at business users.

The C7 will be centered around social networking and will be aimed at younger users. It also has a 3.5″ screen.

The C6 will be the smallest of the group with a 3.2″ screen and will cost under $300 for an unlocked version.

All of the phones will feature AMOLED screens and Nokia’s Symbian OS.

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Nokia Unveils E6, X7 Smartphones

April 13th, 2011
The Nokia E6

The Nokia E6

With a pair of new smartphones, Nokia is showing no immediate signs of letting up on its Symbian operating system

The E6 and the X7, both announced today, will be the first smartphones to ship with Symbian Anna, the latest update to the mobile operating system, which is used primarily by Nokia. Earlier this year, however, Nokia signed a deal with Microsoft that will make Windows Phone 7 the principal operating system on its smartphones, with the shift the Microsoft OS starting as early as next year.

The Nokia E6 is designed with business customers in mind. It boasts a 2.46-inch touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard. Nokia said that the smartphone can maintain its battery life for 681 hours on standby and boasts more than 14 hours of talk time over GSM. Users can listen to music in offline mode for up to 75 hours.

To appeal to business customers, the Nokia E6 comes with access to Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Communicator Mobile, and Microsoft SharePoint.

The Nokia X7

The Nokia X7

The Nokia X7 , meanwhile, ditches a physical keyboard in favor of a large 4-inch AMOLED touch screen and virtual keyboard. It boasts an 8-megapixel camera and fully integrated social networking functions, allowing users to check in on their Facebook and Twitter accounts out of the box. It also comes with the Galaxy on Fire HD and Asphalt 5 HD video games.The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on when the E6 and X7 will launch and how much they will cost.

Nokia is committed to bringing Symbian Anna to as many of its latest releases as possible. The company said today that in addition to the E6 and X7 smartphones, it plans to make the operating system “standard” on the Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia C7, and Nokia C6-01 in the coming months. Other models will receive the update via download in the near future, as well.

Anna delivers several enhancements, including better security and hardware-accelerated encryption. Its improved e-mail support has “full meeting request support,” Nokia says. In addition, it delivers faster Web browsing and an improved Ovi Maps application, according to Nokia.

“With these new products and more Symbian devices and user enhancements coming in the near future, we are confident we can keep existing Nokia smartphone customers engaged, as well as attract new first-time and competitor smartphone users,” Jo Harlow, head of Nokia’s Smart Devices business, said in a statement today.

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Nokia C7

December 13th, 2010

Nokia C7

Nokia C7

What do you get if you take a Nokia N8, give it a little more shine, a lot more curve, and monochrome it with a makeover? Well, you’d be left with something that looked much like the Nokia C7, a handsome contender for those of you who want a familiar Symbianˆ3 experience without the visual statement that is the N8, or its premium price tag. On top of the visual streamlining, the Nokia C7 also has a lower spec’d camera and no mini HDMI port, so it is aimed less at multimedia fiends and more at traditionalists who still want some smartphone perks.

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Nokia X8

December 1st, 2010

Nokia X8

Nokia X8

Nokia has launched another Xseries Mobile called Nokia X8. The Nokia Company is introduced brand new operating system as Symbian 3 in X8 which is promises to deliver smoother visuals and more sensitive then its predecessor Series 60. The X8 is 3.5inch capacitive touchscreen with inclusion of an HDMI output which is great and not seen before on a normal mobile phone. It means you can connect your mobile to compatible TV to play back any content stored on it for ex. Music and Video with Dolby 5.1 surrounds system.

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Nokia N8 vs Samsung Galaxy S

October 19th, 2010

Introduction:

If a Clash of the Titans movie was to be made for the smartphone industry, it would certainly feature the Nokia N8 and the Samsung Galaxy S. These are the current cream-of-the-crop handsets of the world’s largest and second-largest cell phone manufacturers. The Nokia N8 and Samsung Galaxy S might be the high road for both companies, but the purposes behind them are different.

The Nokia N8 is a flagship phone with premium feel, and still, with Symbian^3, it feels like the pinnacle of Nokia that were, a peak hardware effort, before the Finnish company morphs into something yet unknown. Nokia wanted to make the highest end device to run a tried and true mobile OS that millions of users are accustomed to for years. In that respect, it is an evolutionary phone, despite some best-in-class features.

The Samsung Galaxy S, on the other hand, represents the top effort of a novel path that Samsung undertook with Android, having the fastest graphics chipset in a phone, and an enormous  4”  Super AMOLED screen. Nokia N8 is like the brilliant film of a beloved movie star at the zenith of their hectic carrier, while the Galaxy S is the straight-As grad student, ready to change the world.

Design:

The Nokia N8 and the Samsung Galaxy S are both touchscreen-only devices, and that is where the design similarities end. Nokia N8 is beautifully crafted from a single sheet of anodized aluminum, and exudes that premium feel, aided by the solid heft of the metal body. It is enough to run your nail along the back, or rub your thumb against the etched logo, in order to conclude that this is a high-end craftsmanship.

The Nokia N8 and the Samsung Galaxy S are both touchscreen-only devices

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Nokia 7230

October 8th, 2010
This is a global GSM phone. It can be used with AT&T’s 3G network (on the 1900MHz band) and T-Mobile USA’s 2G network.
The American version supports AT&T’s 3G network.

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The Nokia 7230 is a 3G entry level slider that was released earlier this year running Nokia’s S40. Although it is a basic slider, the phone still sports some decent features such as a 3.2 megapixel camera and a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and therefore seems to be aimed at the teen market. Inside the box is the phone, a battery, a mains charger, a stereo hands-free kit, a 2GB Micro SD card and an instruction manual. A notable absence from the box is a PC connector cable.

Design:

The Nokia 7230 is a slim slider with a glossy, curvaceous design. The sides have a chrome-like finish with a dedicated button for the camera and a matte textured plastic battery cover on the back. While the phone looks deceptively solid, once you take it in hand, its flimsy low-end nature becomes evident. The screen is surrounded by a finely textured panel that covers two soft keys, a send button and an end button with a five way d-pad within. This panel comes in pink or graphite, as does the battery cover.

The Nokia 7230 is a slim slider with a glossy, curvaceous design


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Nokia Nuron 5230

October 8th, 2010
In this review we are taking a look at the Nokia 5230 for T-Mobile USA. However, the phone is also available in Europe with no differences in the specs, except for its 3G frequencies.

Introduction:

Nokia’s presence in the US market has dwindled tremendously since the explosion of the modern cell phone era came about during the early portion of this decade. Since then, the only segment where we continue to see Nokia’s focus in the US is profoundly noticed in the entry level area where it’s littered with flip and candybar phones – generally doubled for prepaid and postpaid offerings. Every now and then, we truly are greeted to some devices that are a bit outside of the box from Nokia’s known offerings in the US; say like the Nokia Twist and Mural. That’s where the Nokia Nuron 5230 strategically comes into play for T-Mobile as it finally brings forth a carrier branded Nokia touchscreen device. Despite its arrival, the Nokia Nuron has the monumental task of bringing the limelight back to them in the US as it finds itself in the thick of competition.

The package contains:
•    Nokia Nuron 5230
•    Quickstart Guide
•    4GB microSD card pre-installed
•    Charger
•    Hands-free Headset
•    USB Cable
•    Stylus pick lanyard

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N96 Mobile Phone Good Quality

October 6th, 2010

The Nokia N96 has a pretty hefty reputation to live up to. The N95 was a true powerhouse, and the finest converged device of its time. With a 5 megapixel camera, 3G data, the powerful S60 UI and eventually 8GB of internal memory there were few devices that could compete with it, and arguably no one could do it as well. Then along came a little device out of Cupertino and the cellular landscape changed. Not one to be reactive, Nokia has stuck to its guns with the retooled N96 and delivered an upgraded device that once again aims to sit atop of the mobile industry; improvements include 16GB of internal memory with microSDHC expansion and an integrated DVB-H tuner for mobile TV.

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Nokia N95 8GB

September 17th, 2010

review nokia n95It has been a year since we originally reviewed the Nokia N95, though the model we saw last year was an unlocked version with mostly Euro-centric network bands. Now we’re taking a look at the Nokia N95 8GB NAM model, which adds not only support for AT&T’s fast HSDPA network, but also bumps the internal memory to a whopping 8GB. Last year, the N95 was the reigning king of multimedia phones, but since then, we’ve had plenty of time with the competition, especially Apple’s iconic iPhone.

Design – Good

Let’s get this out of the way first, because this is definitely the Nokia N95′s low point. The design on this phone needs a serious overhaul, onscreen and off. The hardware is a true brick, an almost-rectangular phone with few curves, though we definitely like the soft-touch black paint to the silver we saw on the earlier model. The screen, now 2.8-inches diagonally, is gorgeous, a sparkling, 16-million color display. The buttons are standard Symbian OS fare, strange squiggles and symbols that don’t correspond to intuition. The keypad is very well designed, with a nice hump to each row of keys that made them easy for multi-tap typing. The slide opens the other way, as well, revealing a thin column of multimedia playback keys. These were actually a nice touch, and we wish the iPhone had similar hardware playback control.

review nokia n95The Symbian S60 interface is not only aging, it wasn’t great to begin with. Basically a polished-looking grid of icons and folders, we’re not fans of any of it. The icons often don’t represent their corresponding app, like the two side-by-side cubes that stand for “Download!,” and the menu structure isn’t organized well. We did a lot of digging and sidestepping menus to find the options we wanted. We dug through seven layers just to change the phone’s theme, for instance. All the while, we missed touch. We’re not fans of touch sensitivity as a gimmick, but on a multimedia smartphone, it can certainly make navigating the interface much easier. » Read more: Nokia N95 8GB

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Nokia E72

September 13th, 2010

nokia e72 reviewNokia E72 is a high-performance device tailor-made for seamless business and personal communication.

Messaging

The first thing Nokia have listed is the messaging, and for a device with a full QWERTY keyboard, they have rightly done so. The phone is able to cope with up to 10 personal emails, has full support for push e-mail and Mail for Exchange. There is also support for Windows Live Messenger (aka MSN messenger as it used to be called), Google Talk, as well as several others, plus with the active homescreen and true multitasking capability, you can have most of not all these things running at the same time!review nokia e72

There are also support for things like Lotus Notes Traveler, and if you don’t have a personal e-mail, you can always sign up to Ovi Mail (which will soon be powered by Yahoo! thanks to Nokia and Yahoo! agreeing to join forces not too long ago).

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