Best of 2005: Nokia N70

The top-end camera phone the N90 and hard disk music playing N91 might have grabbed the headlines, but as innovative as they are both phones are a little too chunky for our tastes. Nokia did however get it spot on with the N70, a classic chocolate bar style handset complete with 3G facilities.

It has plenty of excellent features including a two mega pixel camera, solid web browser etc and images from Sky and Voda's TV service looks great on its fabulous screen. It is available on pretty much every 3G network too. If you don't fancy the Sharp 903 this is the phone to buy.

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Posted by Shiny Media on December 27, 2005 in Mobile phones | Permalink

Nokia's 3G take three

Nokia is upping the ante in the 3G phone market once again. With LG selling huge quantities of its 8110 in the UK and Motorola and Samsung with new phones on the horizon Nokia has responded by unveiling its third 3G handset the 6630.

Billed as the world's smallest 3G mega pixel camera phone, the 6630 boasts a form factor not unlike Nokia's 3660 - the key difference that it is slightly smaller than that rather bulky handset.

The 6630 is also Nokia's first 3G handset to feature the video calling facility so beloved of both Three and Vodafone. Other facilities include a 1.3 mega pixel camera, Symbian OS with Series 60 smartphone interface including e-mail, 74Mb storage, MP3 player, Realone video player and Bluetooth.

Annoyingly the phone features an MMC, rather than SD card slot.

Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition launched

After recently turning the Nokia N91, N73 and N70 into special edition music phones, Nokia decided to do the same with its 5500 sport phone announced in May 2006.

The Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition comes equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, video recording and streaming (sub-QCIF), music player with AMR, WMA, MP3, AAC and eAAC support, 512 MB microSD card in the box, card slot for up to 1 GB of memory (about 750 songs). Other features include text-to-speech, Sports mode with pedometer, USB 2.0, Bluetooth and Infrared.

The triband Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition (GSM 900/1800/1900) is now available in select shops around Europe. The expected retail price before taxes and subsidies is approximately 350 EUR.

Via CPP and press release

Nokia and Trelise Cooper Help Raise Funds for The Breast Cancer ...

Nokia's limited edition pink 6101 phone and a specially designed Trelise Cooper phone purse can be ordered as of today at all Vodafone New Zealand authorised dealers.

A contribution from the sale of each phone package will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Trust to fund on-going research into finding a cure for breast cancer. Nokia and its partners are hoping to raise in excess of NZ$100,000 for the charitable organisation.

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in the world and The Breast Cancer Research Trust is the only breast cancer charity in Australasia specifically dedicated to research and finding a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime.

Trelise Cooper has designed an exclusive corset-inspired phone purse to be included in all of the pink Nokia 6101 sales packs.

Nokia 5500 "Sport Music Edition"

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced the latest addition to its family of "Active" phones with the introduction of the Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition. Adding to the well-received concept of the Nokia 5500 Sport, the Music Edition is enhanced with a 512 MB microSD card for enjoying up to 375 songs, as well as a fitness carrying strap, bicycle holder and sports headset packed in a new energetic color. .

High street round up

The Sony Ericsson W850i, tipped to be a big seller this Christmas, is being promoted heavily all round. Orange's Dolphin tariff is being pushed with a range of handsets in the big multiples, and in network stores, Vodafone's 500 minutes and 1,000 texts is one of the strongest offers of the moment.The Carphone WarehouseIn store: Carphone is chucking in free Bluetooth headsets on some of its biggest shouts.The new Sony Ericsson W850i is being offered with a free headset plus 3 months half price line rental on Orange's Dolphin 35 tariff (500 minutes and 50 texts).The Motorola KRZR, also with free Bluetooth headset, is being pushed on Vodafone's popular 35 a month deal (500 mins & 1,000 texts). If a Bluetooth headset can't tempt the customer, a free 512 MB micro SD card is on offer as an alternative.Carphone is also offering students a 50 cashback deal.Online: Web exclusive on the K800i on T-Mobile, with half price line rental on Flext 35 for 6 months.Phones4UIn store: The Sony Ericsson W850i is top shout on Orange's Dolphin 35 (500 minutes, 500 texts for 35 a month).The Samsung's D900, X820 and D830 plus Sony Ericsson W810i and Motorola KRZR are all being heavily promoted on store posters.Phones 4U is also offering 50 cashback for students on contract handsets.Online: 99p per month is being offered on the V3i D&G (Orange Dolphin 35, 18 month, 35 a month).The LinkIn store: The Link is pushing on with the big clearout, selling the both the Sony Ericsson W850i and Samsung D900 on O2 400 (18m, 400 mins and 100 texts) for 30 a month and with 3 months free line rental.The N73 is also going on 02 600 (18m, 600 mins and 100 texts) for 35 a month with a free bluetooth headset thrown in.The Sony Ericsson W810i is being offered on Orange's Dolphin and Racoon 35 tariffs with 8 months free line rental for 35 a month.Online: Free E900 with 18 months half price line rental on Orange's Dolphin 35 (18 months, 500 minutes, 500 texts).T-MobileThe K800i and W810i are the big shouts in the window, offered with 25% off Flext tariffs.OrangeOrange is ushing its free broadband deal on any 18 month contract.

Unboxing the Samsung D900 - slender slider hands-on

Unboxing a new tech-toy is, to some, possibly the best thing about gadgets, and there's something about cellphones that make them particularly pleasant to unwrap.  Perhaps it's the knowledge that you're beginning a relationship with something that will accompany you for at least a few months, something that gets brought out every day and is often a solitary source of distraction during periods of boredom.  Anyway, enough psychoanalysis - this is all preamble to CrunchGear's unboxing of Samsung's gloriously thin slider the D900 (aka Black Carbon).

While it might be the dimensions that catch your initial interest, it'll likely be the specs that maintain it - Samsung have managed to squish a 3-megapixel camera in there, as well as revamping the user interface with some help from the people at Adobe.