NTT DoCoMo recently announced 8 new phones for its 902 range. Five of these phones are Symbian powered MOAP phones. The D902iS (Mitsubishi), F902iS (Fujitsu), SH902iS (Sharp), SO902iWP+ (Sony Ericsson), and DOLCE SL [SH902iSL] (Sharp) are top of the range handsets for the Japanese market. Read on for more.
If you're into gory pictures of the insides of smartphones, there are loads here of the newly FCC-approved Nokia N93 (the one with 'DVD-quality' video recording). There's also the obligatory (and more useful) user manual. Thanks to My-Symbian for the heads-up.
Rafe's had his hands on the Nokia 5500, the latest S60 phone from Finland. Targetted as a feature phone (as opposed to a smartphone), the 5500 has the angle of being a great sports companion phone, with lap times, clocks, pedometers and a robust construction. Read on for a phone that will take S60 into a whole new market.
Interesting article here on a new classification for electronic devices (thanks to the Carnival for the link), though I don't think either 'Communications and control devices' or PCD will catch on. (Nor will Nokia's 'Multimedia Computer', come to that) As in my previous editorial, I think 'phone' will remain the popular term, with the term encompassing all current feature phones, smartphones and connected PDAs.
Programme 9 of the video podcast, the Smartphones Show, is now live, with a 10 minute video review of the Nokia N91 music smartphone as its central feature. The Smartphones Show plays on all PCs, Macs and modern smartphones/PSPs/iPods. Do you want to watch now?
Nokia today announced the Nokia 5500 Sport designed for the active minded user. The phone, which is one of the smallest S60 Nokia phones announced thus far, has three modes which can be changed via a dedicated button and reflecting different usage scenarios - phone, music and sport. Features include text to speech so your messages can be read out while jogging, a pedometer function to measure distance run and calories burnt and a 2 megapixels camera. More after the break...
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In this feature article, Nokia N91 - Real World Usage, Rafe takes a closer look at Nokia's new music smartphone. In an addendum to our review he discusses the device from various usage stand points and concludes the N91 is the best converged smartphone music device currently available, but may not be for everyone.
Following on from our first looks at the N72 and N93 Rafe previews the Nokia N73 the new all around multimedia Nseries S60 phone from Nokia. He concludes that as a modestly sized phone with a 3.2 megapixel camera, advanced music capabilities and backed by S60 3rd Edition it is a worthy sucessor to the Nokia N70.
The Nokia N72, announced yesterday, is Nokia's new Nseries fashion phone for emerging markets. Rafe in his Nokia N72 preview summarises and explains the phones features, capabilities and market positioning and concludes that the Nokia N72 could be a best seller.
A S60 blog reports that the Nokia E61 support pages are online, which means it's shipping somewhere in the world. Free software for this S60 3rd edition device includes WorldMate and Handy Expense.
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Ho yes. This could be the smartphone convergence-mad Steve's been waiting for - the Nokia N93 has DVD-quality video recording, 3,2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, landscape mode and every other S60 3rd Edition refinement. Here's his assessment of the new Nokia flagship.
Nokia today announced three new Nseries handsets - the Nokia N72, N73 and N93. The N93 is focused on video recording, it has a Carl Zeiss 3.2 megapixel camera with DVD quality capture at 30 frames per second, a 3x optical zoom, video stabilization and runs S60 3rd Edition. The N73 is a small but state of the art smartphone with an emphasis on camera functionality. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built in Flickr support and runs S60 3rd Edition. The N72 is an all round smartphone with an emphasis on style and fashion (available in black or glossy pink). It has a 2 megapixel camera, music player, FM radio and runs S60 2nd Edition.
To go along with the new NSeries devices, Nokia have announced three new Bluetooh headsets. One lightweight (BH700), a minimalist (BH-300) and one dubbed the 'classic' (the BH-600). More after the break.
