Mobile Phones

Nokia today introduced their latest thin profile S40 handset to the world. The new 6500 Classic, housed in anodized aluminum, measures only 9.5mm (.37") in thickness and weighs only 94g (3.3oz). Nokia says that the polished finish on each individual 6500 Classic will be different, making sure that no two phones are exactly alike. The display front face also gets the benefit of some polishing, but in this case it is done with diamonds.

The 6500 Classic comes with a unique configuration of dual-band WCDMA support on top of its more conventional quad-band GSM/EDGE support. This candy bar handset supports the normal 2100MHz band used in Europe and much of the rest of the world, as well as one of the two North American UMTS bands: 850MHz. This means that the 6500 Classic should be able to get EDGE data on any GSM network, and manage 3G UMTS connections in most parts of the world, where available, as well. It doesn't have tri-band UMTS support, which would have been great, but this is certainly a step in the right direction.

The Nokia 6500 Classic sports a generous 1GB of internal storage capacity for use with music tracks or photos shot with its built-in 2 megapixel camera. Like the other two devices released today by Nokia, the 6500 Classic uses the new micro-USB connector for charging, headsets, and data connectivity.

The target customers of Nokia N76 are obviously the fashion conscious people as Nokia has given more attention to the looks in the phone then anything else. It does not mean that N76 is totally on the loosing side where the features are concerned. It is fitted with decent and some very good features but don't expect to be super phone which will have every quality you want. As we said that the phone is made for fashion conscious people not only for fashion conscious men or only fashion conscious women. Its sleek black metallic cum plastic casing will be proffered by men and the women will love to hold that red slim casing in their hand. Obviously there is always scope for exceptions. It seems Nokia has launched the N76 as an answer to Motorola RAZR, at least it design indicates that.

The Nokia N76 measures 106.5 x 52 millimetres and weighs 115 grams. Although it is comparatively larger then the other flat flip- open phones but its slimness makes up for its size, as it is only 13.7 millimetre thick. But one question we want to ask Nokia is why they used plastic in the casing instead of steel when they were making a good looking phone. The plastic casing in the handset doesn't deserve the cost Nokia is charging for the phone, that is $500. Also the casing is so shiny that the user had to carry a handset in one phone and a peace of cloth in other to clean the fingerprints every now and then. The Nokia N75 features a TFT external display but it's close to useless under the sunlight. It also displays 262K colours on a resolution of 128X160 pixels. The phone also features an FM radio for the music lovers which is controlled by the three keys below the external display so you don't have to open your phone to control the Fm every now and then. The phone runs on a 700 mAH battery of moderate capacity which provides 165 minutes of talk time and 204 hours of talk time.

The Nokia N81, with dedicated music and gaming keys can be called musicphone cum gaming device. The N-gage gaming platform has been revamped to with S60 device packs HSDPA, no US band support, for on-line gaming. The phone offers integrated speakers, 3.5-mm headphone jack, and D-pad navigation for the ultimate gaming experience on a cell phone. It is also called music phone as it has qualities of N91 musicphone, apart from the looks, which features extensive music player functionality. It has 8GB memory, on the lines of N95 8GB, imagine how many songs you can store in that space. But it also has microSD card slot unlike the N958GB.

The Nokia N81 is configured to find, buy, manage and play music and games purchased from the Nokia Music Store and N-Gage games service. The phone also offers 2.4-inch QVGA display, quad-band EDGE and 2100MHz HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It features a five megapixel camera with Xenon flash and auto-focus Carl Zeiss lens, quad-band GSM (EDGE), 2100MHz HSDPA, a 2.4-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, integrated GPS, FM tuner. A sleek, polished surface and keys that light up when you activate them, accessing content on the 3D multimedia menu is fast and intuitive.

The viral ad of slider phone involves a moody black screen with moving shapes and swooping coloured spotlights moving around apparently randomly, occasionally forming the shape of a phone. Spinning of the navi™ Wheel will led to the multimedia menu. You can load and sync tunes easily. Store up to 1600 songs, music, games, videos and photos in 8GB memory and the hot swappable microSD cards.

Exclusively available in the U.S. from AT&T, the Nokia 6555 makes it easier than ever to quickly access powerful AT&T services via dedicated function keys. By pressing the CV key, Nokia 6555 users can immediately access AT&T's streaming video content service, which includes local weather forecasts, the latest in sports and entertainment and broadcasts from leading cable news outlets - all displayed on a crisp 16 million color QVGA screen. The dedicated AT&T MEdia Net key provides an immediate connection to the best Internet content, ranging from financial news and sports scores to movie times and reviews or the latest ringtones and mobile games.

"The Nokia 6555 represents a stylish and simple way for our customers to access and enjoy video, messaging, music and more," said Carlton Hill, vice president of Voice Products and Devices for AT&T's wireless unit. "We are pleased to have worked with Nokia to launch yet another great product on AT&T's 3G network."

AT&T and Nokia deliver speed and elegance with the Nokia 6555 phone. Music fans will have access to the AT&T Mobile Music portfolio of services, including subscription services from Napster and eMusic, music videos, MusicID song recognition, "The Buzz" music news portal, XM Radio Mobile and more. The included music player and MicroSD card slot lets owners store and enjoy thousands of digital music tracks on an optional 2GB MicroSD memory card.