Nokia has announced their 6260 Slide handset, which looks to be their most feature-packed S40 phone, to date. Its design somewhat resembles the company’s 6220 Classic handset, only with a slider form factor. The 6260 also sports a new style of d-pad, which, says Nokia “great mobile Internet experience”.

It’s set to be available, in the choice of a beige or black colour scheme, from early next year, at a price of €299, before taxes, and subsidies. Technical specifications are as follows:

• Connectivity: Quad-band GSM, Tri-band UMTS
• OS: S40, Sixth Edition
• Display: 2.4″, HVGA (480 x 320 pixels) resolution, shows up to sixteen million colours
• Camera: 5 MP, Carl Zeiss lens, autofocus, flash
• Video Recording: 352 x 288 pixels, 30 FPS
• Memory: 256 MB internal, MicroSDHC expansion slot
• Extras: 2.5 mm jack, TV-out, Wi-Fi B/G, OTA Firmware updates, Nokia Maps, FM Radio with RDS, A-GPS, Open-source Webkit Browser, Bluetooth 2.1 and Micro USB connectivity
• Battery: 950 mAh
• Dimensions: 99.4 x 46.5 x 15.4 mm
• Weight: 114 grams

Nokia E63 announced

Nokia have announced a new addition to their E-Series line of handsets – the E63. Essentially, the E63 could be viewed as a slightly cut-down E71, what with a plastic, not metal construction, lower res camera, no built-in GPS, support for HSDPA data connectivity, no memory card in the box, though, on the flipside, it does come equipped with an LED flash (which can also be used as a flash), and a 3.5 mm jack (a first for an E-Series device.

Arguably, the most appealing aspet of the E63 is its price – at just €199, before taxes and subsidies, this makes it incredibly appealing. The E63 will be available in a choice of blue or red, and should be available, within the next few weeks.

Technical specifications go as follows:

• Display: 2.36″, QVGA resolution, shows up to sixteen million colours
• OS: Symbian S60, version 3.1
• Connectivity: Quad-band GSM, Dual-band UMTS
• Camera: 2 MP, with LED flash
• Memory: 110 MB internal, MicroSDHC expansion slot
• Extras: Wi-Fi, Nokia Maps, Bluetooth and USB 2.0, 3.5 mm jack, FM Radio with RDS
• Weight: 126 grams
• Dimensions: 113 x 59 x 13 mm

Nokia increases N-Gage application compatability

Nokia’s N-Gage application, has today seen support added for two more devices, those being the N78, and the 6210 Navigator. Up to now, this brings the total number of handsets supported to eleven, the other nine supported handsets being the N79, N81, N81 8GB, N82, N85, N95, N95 8GB, N96, and the 5320 XpressMusic. Gradually, support for more handsets will take place. You can download the N-Gage application here, or, alternatively, download, and install it directly to your supporteddevice, through Nokia’s PC Suite.

Nokia’s next line of Comes With handsets to focus on music or gaming?

Nokia’s Comes With Music service is certainly an interesting one. Really, on paper, it looks destined to be a success, but, as the saying goes, time will indeed tell. Regardless of ts level of success,it seems that Nokia is already looking into the next like of Comes With handsets. On the subject of a possible gaming, or movie-based line of Comes With handsets, company executive Tom Erskine said that the company is being “open minded” on the matter. And, it would seem that Nokia has EA’s support on thie gaming aspect, if it indeed were to come to fruition, with the company’s European Marketing Director saying that the company would be “supportive” on any creative ideas handset manufacturers come up with.

Nokia’s Comes With Music service to come with the N96?

In the UK, Nokia’s Comes With Music service, which allows users to download as many tracks, as they like, for free, to keep for up to a year, may soon be supporting the N96, in the UK. Currently, the service supports the 5310, and N95 8GB, on both a Pay As You Go, and contract price plans. It’s said that the service will add support for Nokia’s N96, before the Christmas period -so, that’ll be in the next few weeks. As of yet, it’s not know if the N96 will be available with the service, on Pay As You Go, or just on a contract plan.

Nokia Siemens Doubles EDGE Speeds

Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully field tested new EDGE technology that doubles downlink speeds compared to today’s EDGE networks. Nokia Siemens Networks’ Dual Carrier EDGE is a software-based solution that can double data speeds to 592Kbps on existing EDGE-capable GSM networks. Dual Carrier EDGE, based on the 3GPP release 7 standard, is the first step in the evolution of EDGE. Nokia Siemens Networks is already working on the next generation of EDGE, called EGPRS 2B, which will offer downlink speeds of up to 1.2Mbps and uplink speed to up to 473Kbps.

Nokia 9210 Review

The main differences from Nokia 9210 are in support of JavaScript for www browser, Cascade style sheet (CSS), a possibility to open two windows at the same time and a function for following the links with the help of joypad. Also a possibility to send and receive graphic messages via SMS is added, memory card lock and finally support of stream audio in HSCSD. A support of vector graphics appeared. All the rest characteristics are similar and given below.

Specifications

General Features
Announced in March 2002
Made in Finland
eGSM900 / GSM1800
TFT-color display with the resolution of 640×200 pixels shows up to 4096 colors
Battery type Li-Ion 1300 mAh
Talk time 4 – 10 hours, standby time 80 – 230 hours
Operating system Epoc from Symbian
Pro 32-bit ARM9-based RISC
QWERTY keypad
Built-in fax-modem
Data transmission at the speed of up to 43.6 KB/s (HSCSD)
Loud speaker
12 language packages (Russian is not supported)
Melody tuning (includes WAVE support), a possibility to change wall-paper
Sends and receives faxes
SMS
Concatenated messages
WAP 1.1
WWW browser with support of SSL (HTML 3.2), also supports JavaScript, but not Java
Many security settings, SIM lock, phone lock, memory card lock
IR-port
Memory Card slot(MultiMedia Card)
E-mail client with support of POP3,IMAP4 and SMTP
Contacts – notes can be edited on PC, any note can be sent to other phone as a business card via SMS
Calendar includes to-do list, reminder, lists of meetings and etc.

Supports the following data formats:
Audio File WAV, AU, WVE
CompuServe GIF
Computer Graphics Metafile CGM
Corel/Novell Presentations SHW
EPOC Word -EPOC
Sheet -EPOC
Bitmap MBM
Internet HyperText Markup Language HTML, HTM
Lotus 1-2-3 v.1/2/3/4/5/97/Millenium WQ1, WKU, WK1, WK3, WK4, WK5, WK6, 123
Lotus AMI Draw SDW
Microsoft Excel 2/3/4/5/7/97/98/2000 XLS, XLC
Microsoft PowerPoint 3/4/7/97/98/2000 PPT, POT, PPS
Microsoft Project MPP
Microsoft Word 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/97/98/2000 DOC, WRI
Paintbrush PCX, DCX
PKZIP Format ZIP
Portable Network Graphics PNG
Rich Text Format RTF
Ringing Tones MG
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF, JPEG) TIF, JPG, JIF
Text TXT
UNIX Compress, Tar TAR, TAZ
UNIX Gzip TGZ
vCard VCF
Visio VSD
Windows Bitmap BMP, RLE, ICO, CUR
Windows Metafile WMF, EMF
WordPerfect 4/5/6/7/8 WPD

PC Suite for Nokia 9210 Communicator
Supports file conversion
EPOC Word <—> Rich Text Format, Text (MS-DOS), Text (Windows ANSI), Word 6.0,95, Word 97, Word 2000
EPOC Sheet <—> Excel 5.0,95, Excel 97, Excel 2000 9
Calendar and address book compatibility
Microsoft Schedule+ 7.x
Microsoft Outlook 97/98/2000
Lotus Notes 4.5, 4.6 & 5.0
Lotus Organizer 5.0, 6.0, 97, GS/4.0
SyncML

Applications
Word – writing texts
Sheet – tables
PPView – shows PowerPoint presentations
File Manager – a plain file manager
Also available – calculator, time, video player, games, dictaphone, currency converter, an application for viewing graphics
Dimensions: 158 x 56 x 27 mm
Weight: 244 g

Review

The Nokia 9210 Communicator is the updated version of the Nokia 9110. The 9210 is marketed as a mobile communications device, incorporating a mobile phone, email and PC office applications. Boasting a large keyboard, Microsoft Office applications and a large colour display, it’s certainly an impressive piece of kit. Now replaced by the Nokia 9210i.

Nokia 9300 Review

This cut version of 9500 differs in the absence of Wi-Fi, a camera and a less number of free of charge applications in a standard kit.
Class: communicator
Position in the line: under Nokia 9500
Rival phones: Motorola MPx

Specifications

General features
Announced: September 2004, in the market since the 4 Q 2004, official announcement on the 22 of September 2004
eGSM900/1800/1900
Battery type BP-6M, 970 mAh, Li-Pol
Battery life:
talk time up to 4.5 hours
standby time up to 200 hours
Full charging – 1 hour 50 minutes
High-contrast graphical display with the resolution of 640×200 pixels, 65K (TFT), not a touchscreen. External screen 65K, 128×128 pixels
5-positional navi button
The phone is run by Symbian OS 7.0s
QWERTY-keypad
28 menu languages, English and two extra languages may be used at the same time
Weight: 167 g
Dimensions: 132 x 51 x 21 mm
Capacity 126 cc

Memory
80 MB of memory are shared dynamically between the phone book, a calendar, messages, images and applications
MMC cards expansion connector (64 MB card in a standard kit)
A possibility to assign a photo to a name in the phone book
A possibility to keep Name, Surname (two lines), Company name, Position, Phone number, Mobile phone number, Fax and E-mail address for a name — total number of fields is 8 (a possibility to increase the number at will).
The number of groups is not limited, a possibility to assign a name to several groups at the same time
SIM-card entries are stored separately, viewing them with the internal memory is impossible
Call lists, no any limits in the number of entries, all the entries contain a call type besides the date and the duration of the call. A possibility to set a storage period for calls in the list (a month by default)
MMS up to 100 KB for a message
Call management, ringing tones
Polyphonic call melodies, True Tones
Voice dialing for 25 numbers, voice tags
Loud speaker
Call duration is shown during a conversation
Musical editor, a possibility to assign melodies to the names in the phone book
mp3/AAC files as a call signal
SMS
Predictive text input ?9
Templates (10 are preset, a possibility to edit them or add own ones )
A possibility to send and receive graphical messages
Concatenated messages
MMS

Connectivity
WAP 2.0
Opera Browser
IrDA
Bluetooth
GPRS (4+2)
EDGE
E-mail protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP4
Synchronization with PC via Bluetooth or IrDA
SyncML
SMIL
Instant Messaging
MMS
Organizer and extras
User’s profiles(5), temporary profile
Time, date
Calculator, currency converter
Stopwatch (up to 20 intermediate results), countdown timer
Organizer supports different kinds of events, reminders
To-do list
Dictaphone
mp3 player
RealOne Player: plays RealMedia and 3GPP-compatible files
Photo album
MIDP JavaTM (2.0)
A possibility to load Java applications
Games

Review

The Nokia 9300 smartphone is like a little brother of the Nokia 9500 Communicator. It shares many of the features of the 9500, but misses out on others. Physically, the two devices are similar, with both having the benefit of a full QWERTY keyboard and a very large internal display (640 x 200 pixels, 65,000 colours). The 9300 is considerably smaller and lighter, but still a bit of a brick when compared to normal phones.

Nokia N93 Review

Starting with multimedia capabilities, the new Nokia N93 includes a 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics and 3x optical zoom, a 2.4″ QVGA display, and full audio/video playback capabilities. The camera is worth noting, not only due to its still image capabilities, but also its ability to capture video in VGA resolution at 30fps – enough for a good experience while utilizing the built in TV-out functionality. As with the other two devices announced from Berlin today, the N93 supports direct uploading to the Flickr photo-sharing site from the handset’s Gallery and Camera applications. Storage-wise, the N93 includes 50MB of on board memory, and miniSD expansion.

Specifications

Operating Frequency
• Dual mode WCDMA/GSM and triband GSM coverage on up to five continents (EDGE/GSM 900/1800/1900 + WCDMA 2100 MHz networks)
• Automatic switching between bands and modes

Dimensions
• Volume: 133 cc
• Weight: 180 g
• Length: 118. 2 mm
• Width: 55.5 mm
• Thickness: 28.2 mm

Memory Functions
• Up to 50 MB internal dynamic memory for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications
• Expandable memory: 128 MB miniSD card*
• Memory card slot supporting up to 2 GB miniSD memory cards
*Please note that the memory capacity of the miniSD in the sales package may vary depending on the market and/or your network operator/service provider.

Power Management
• Battery: Lithium Polymer battery BP-6M 1100mAh
• Talk time: up to 3.7hrs (WCDMA)/up to 5.1hrs (GSM)*
• Stand-by time: up to 10days (WCDMA)/up to 10days (GSM)*
* Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Form and Function
• Twist and Shoot form factor with 4 modes: Imaging mode for capture, View mode for reliving memories, Fold open mode for talking and Fold closed mode for carrying.
• Dedicated keys for camera control
• Support of applications in both portrait and landscape orientations

Displays
• Active matrix 2.4″ QVGA color display with wide 160 ° viewing angle: 320 x 240 pixels, up to 262,144 colors
• Automatic brightness control for main display
• 1.1″ second display: 128 x 36 , up to 65,536 colours

User Interface
• User Interface: S60 3rd Edition
• 5-way scroll key, selection keys, menu key, edit and clear keys, call and end keys
• Multimedia key for quick access to your favorite content
• Additional selection keys for landscape mode
• Side 5-way scroll key, camera mode key and flash key
• Dedicated keys for capture and zoom
• Active standby screen

Call Management
• Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry, also supports thumbnail pictures and groups
• Speed dialing
• Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
• Automatic redial
• Automatic answer (works with compatible headset or car kit only)
• Supports fixed dialing number, which allows calls only to predefined numbers
• Conference call
• Push to talk (PoC)

Voice Features
• Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)
• Voice commands
• Voice recorder
• Talking ringtone
• Integrated hands-free speaker

Messaging
• Text messaging: supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
• Multimedia messaging: combine image, video, text, and audio clip and send as MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use MMS to tell your story with a multi-slide presentation
• Automatic resizing of your megapixel images to fit MMS (max. 300 KB attachment size depending on the network)
• Predictive text input: support for all major languages in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Data Transfer
• WCDMA 2100 with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed UL/DL= 384/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)
• Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4 kbits/s
• EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s
*Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support.

Connectivity
• Integrated wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
• Integrated Bluetooth wireless technology v.2.0
• USB 2.0 via Pop-Port™ interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality
• TV out support (PAL/NTSC)
• Nokia PC Suite connectivity with USB, Infrared and Bluetooth wireless technology
• Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using compatible connection
• Remote over-the-air synchronization
• Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology

Java Applications
• Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 (Connected Limited Device Configuration (J2ME))
• Over-the-air download of Java-based applications and games

Other Applications
• Personal Information Management (PIM)
• Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list, and PIM printing
• Settings Wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing.
• Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices.

Digital Services
• Java and Symbian applications available from Nokia Software Market

Imaging and Video
• 3.2 megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, 3x optical zoom, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
• Direct connection to compatible TV via Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-64U, included in box) or wireless LAN/UPnP
• Sub camera, CIF (352 x 288) sensor
• Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
• Integrated flash (operating range up to 1.5m)
• Digital stereo microphone
• Flash modes: on, off, automatic
• Rotating gallery
• Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
• Lifeblog support
• Video and still image editors
• Movie director for automated video production

Mobile Video
• Video resolutions: up to VGA (640×480) at 30 fps
• Audio recording: AAC stereo, 48kHz
• Digital video stabilization
• Video clip length: max. 60 min per clip
• Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
• White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, night
• Colour tones: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Zoom: (optical / digital) 3x / up to 8x

Mobile Photography
• Image resolution: up to 3.2 megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixels)
• Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
• Auto focus
• Auto exposure – center weighted
• Exposure compensation: +1 ~ -1EV at 0.5 step
• White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, user, close-up, landscape, night, night portrait
• Colour tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Zoom (optical/digital) 3x / up to 20x

Camera Specifications
• Sensor: CMOS, 3.2 megapixel (2048×1536)
• Carl Zeiss Optics: Vario-Tessar lens
• Focal length 4.5 mm (Wide) /12.4 mm (Tele) 34.25 – 94.1 mm(35mm equiv.)
• Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
• Macro focus distance 30 cm (macro @ Wide) 10 cm (macro @ Middle to Tele)
• Shutter speed: Mechanical shutter: 1/2400~1/3 s

Nokia XpressPrint solution
• Print digital photos directly from the device to compatible printers:
• Transfer photos directly to compatible printer or kiosk via Bluetooth wireless technology, memory card, wireless LAN (UPnP) or directly to PictBridge-compliant printer via USB cable.
• Built-in application is quick and easy to use; no installation, no fuss
• Order prints online
• Find out more about Nokia XpressPrint

Nokia XpressShare solution
• Easy sharing of captured photos and videos directly from the gallery or straight after capture
• via e-mail or Bluetooth wireless technology while retaining full image quality or via MMS with automatic resizing of 3.2 megapixel images to fit MMS
• Two-way video call capability
• Video sharing for one-way live video or video clip sharing within the voice call
• Find out more about Nokia XpressShare

Nokia XpressTransfer solution
• Transfer and organise photos and videos between your device and compatible PC
• Connect to compatible PC and images are automatically transferred with Nokia Image Store feature in Nokia PC Suite, photo albums created on the device are saved in similar albums on the PC
• Organise and edit photos and videos on PC with Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition
• Deletion or resizing of the images and videos transferred from the device. Resizing means you can carry a large collection of photos and videos on your device and full quality versions are stored on the PC
• Gallery view of photos and videos transferred to PC
• Find out more at www.nokia.com/xpresstransfer

Software
• Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 software gives you the power to edit great movies on your compatible PC and create a DVD to relive special moments again and again (requires Windows XP operating system)
• Find out more about Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 (link)

Music Features
• Digital music player – supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA with playlists and equalizer.
• One click CD ripping, converting and transferring music to your device using Nokia Music Manager
• Share playlists with your friends over Bluetooth wireless technology, MMS, or e-mail
• Integrated handsfree speaker
• Synchronize PC music library with Windows Media Player
• OMA DRM 2.0 support for music
• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz /76-90MHz) with Visual Radio support
*Stereo sound can only be heard with a compatible stereo headset.

E-mail
• Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
• Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard (sold separately)

Browsing
• Nokia Web Browser with Mini map
• Web feeds support (RSS)

Digital home
• Play video, music and photos on home media network – compatible TV, stereo and PC over WLAN/UPnP

Review:

Overall, while the Nokia N93 is still a rather large device, its feature set is surly enough to justify it. The N93 should be available during July this year, though no operator support has been announced yet.

Nokia 5700 Review

The 5700 features a twist design that switches between four modes at the flick of the wrist – music player, 2.0-megapixel camera, video call and smartphone. Using an optional 2 GB microSD card, the Nokia 5700 supports up to 1500 tracks that can be enjoyed using Bluetooth stereo headphones. Loading songs onto the 5700 is fast and easy as consumers can choose from a broad range of supported digital formats, including WMA, MP3, AAC, as well as eAAC+ and MP4. The Nokia 5700 brings videos to life on a vibrant color screen supporting up to 16 million colors for excellent video playback. With 3G high-speed data connectivity, the 5700 makes browsing, downloading and streaming multimedia content convenient. A video call feature and the built-in 2.0-megapixel camera make it easy to share moments with friends and family.

Specifications:

* Large and bright 2.2-inch QVGA (320 x 240 px) color display with an active area of 33.48 x 44.64 mm and supporting up to 16 million colors
* Four different usage modes: twist to Camera Mode to access capture key and zoom in/out, twist to Music Mode for play/pause, stop, rewind/fast forward; twist to Video Call Mode for has a built-in stand for easy viewing; twist to Video View Mode to play/pause, stop, and rewind/fast forward
* Integrated 2.0-megapixel camera with up to 4x digital zoom, built-in flash, landscape camcorder and video player, and Panorama Mode to allow users to take panoramic photos up to 5 images wide
* Crystal clear Hi-Fi sound quality with dedicated audio chip to share the groove with built-in stereo loudspeakers
* Memory expandable up to 2 GB for storing and carrying up to 1500 CD quality songs
* WCDMA 2100 with simultaneous voice and packet data (packet-switched maximum upload/download speed up to 384/384 kbps, circuit-switched maximum speed up to 64 kbps)

Technical Specifications
Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / WCDMA 2100
Form Factor: Twist / S60
Dimensions: 108 x 51 x 17 mm
Weight: 115 g
Antenna: Internal
Navigation: 5-Way Keypad
Battery Type: Li-Ion
Talk Time: 3.50
Standby Time: 288
Memory: 35.0 MB
Expandable Memory: microSD / TransFlash

Imaging
Main Screen: 1670000 colors (QVGA)
320 x 240 px
External Screen: No
Camera: 2.0 MP / Video Recorder

Audio
MP3 Player: MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA
FM Radio: Unknown
Speakerphone: Stereo Sound
Push-To-Talk: No

Multimedia
Wallpapers: 320 x 240 px
Screen Savers: 320 x 240 px
Ring Tones: MP3
Themes: Yes
Games: J2ME
Streaming Multimedia: Yes

Messaging
SMS: Yes
EMS: Yes
MMS: Yes
Email: Yes
Chat: Yes
Predictive Text: T9

Applications
Phonebook Capacity: Unknown
Calendar: Yes
To-Do List: Yes
WAP: 2.0
Voice Commands: Yes
Calculator: Yes

Connectivity
Bluetooth: A2DP / HFP / HSP
Infrared Port: No
High-Speed Data: EDGE / WCDMA
Wi-Fi: No
GPS: No
PC Sync: PC Suite