Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Sales Halted in U.S.

Nokia has pulled its 5800 XpressMusic smartphone from its flagship Manhattan store, citing the handset's failure to connect to AT&T's 3G networks.


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The 5800 XpressMusic, the company's first crack at a touch screen device since Apple's iPhone hit the market, had connection problems in New York and Chicago.

In a statement Nokia said the issue was "a very isolated problem concerning only the North American market and is not specific to any other region or country," adding, "Nokia is investigating the issue. Existing customers of the 5800 XpressMusic who experience 3G signal issue with the device are advised to contact Nokia Customer Care."

The 5800 doesn't have a carrier partner and is sold "unlocked" through retail chains such as its own Nokia stores.

An AT&T spokesman said, "We can't guarantee the performance of a device on our network if it hasn't been tested on our network."

The defects are confined to the U.S. version, along with the fact that no North American carrier has picked up the smartphone to sell to its subscribers.

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Motorola ROKR EM35 Music Phone

The ROKR EM35 makes a noticeable difference in conversation clarity by reducing background noise with CrystalTalk technology. A second microphone helps eliminate more ambient background noise from the call.

The ROKR EM35 has dedicated keys to launch and control music. You can listen via the built-in dual speakers, stereo Bluetooth wireless technology or 3.5mm stereo wired headphones. They can access the music library by moving a thumb across the FastScroll navigation wheel. Pressing or holding the dedicated "play" key launches shuffle mode.

With ROKR EM35, users can slide the phone open to send a text or surf the web while listening to music, or to pause the music and make a phone call. Pre-installed and downloadable widgets (third-party web applications) offer real-time information such as weather, sports scores, stock tickers, flight information, social media, news headlines and more.

Nokia N97 With Touch Screen and QWERTY Keypad

Nokia launched N97 and advance smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display and QWERTY keypad.

This phone also have built-in GPS sensors and electronic compass, it can automatically update social networks with real-time information, for updates on their status and share their social location.

The N97 supports up to 48GB of storage, including 32GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16GB microSD card for music, media and more. It comes with excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The N97 also has a 5.0-megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.

Nokia continues to lead the global market for smartphones, but it has lost significant share to Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry.

The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of $700 before taxes or subsidies.

Nokia N97 Features

* Easy text input with QWERTY keyboard and sliding tilt touch screen display
* Live personalized home screen with widgets
* Watch high-quality video on the large 3.5 inch 16:9 widescreen
* Video playback at 30 fps, for a wide array of formats
* Play videos, music and pictures on TV using TV-out
* Enjoy great audio through standard 3.5 mm jack headphones, built-in stereo speakers or Bluetooth technology
* Digital music player with support for playlist editing, equalizer and categorized access to your music collection•Search, browse and purchase songs online in Nokia Music Store
* Nokia Maps with integrated compass and A-GPS receiver
* Multimedia city guides and navigation services. Drive: voice guided car navigation, or Walk: pedestrian-optimized turn-by-turn guidance

Nokia 6260 Slide with 5.0 MP Camera

Today, Nokia introduced the new product Nokia 6260 Slide with 5.0 MegaPixel camera and 360 degree navi-key for an enhanced mobile Internet experience.

This new Nokia also comes with 3G technology and high speed HSDPA for high speed internet access. With 5.0-Megapixel camera complete with flash, you can take high quality photo and video. It also comes with Nokia Maps, bringing GPS into the Series 40 software platform for the first time.

Nokia 6260 Slide is expected begin shipping at beginning 2009.

Here are Nokia 6260 Slide Specs:


Technical Specifications
Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / WCDMA 900 / 2100
Form Factor: Slide / Symbian OS
Dimensions: 99 x 47 x 15 mm
Weight: 114 g
Antenna: Internal
Navigation: 5-Way Navi-Key
Battery Type: 950 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time: 6.00
Standby Time: 400
Memory: 200.0 MB
Expandable Memory: microSD / TransFlash

Imaging
Main Screen: 16700000 colors (TFT / Ambient Light Sensor)
320 x 480 px
External Screen: No
Camera: 5.0 MP / Carl Ziess Lens / Flash / Zoom / Auto-Focus / Video Recorder

Audio
MP3 Player: MP3 / AAC / eAAC / eAAC+ / WMA / M4A
FM Radio: RDS Radio
Speakerphone: Yes
Push-To-Talk: No

Multimedia
Wallpapers: 320 x 480 px
Screen Savers: 320 x 480 px
Ring Tones: MP3
Themes: Yes
Games: J2ME
Streaming Multimedia: Yes

Messaging
SMS: Yes
EMS: Yes
MMS: Yes
Email: POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP
Chat: Yes
Predictive Text: T9

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

Connectivity
Bluetooth: 2.1 (A2DP / DUN / HFP / HSP / OPP)
Infrared Port: No
High-Speed Data: HSDPA
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g
GPS: Nokia Maps
PC Sync: USB 2.0

HTC Touch Pro Smartphone

Verizon Wireless launched HTC Touch Pro today. This smartphone comes with touch screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Users can use either Windows Mobile interface or HTC's TouchFLO 3D graphical interface.

With The Touch Pro you can also browse the web or access email with Microsoft Outlook. With 3.2 Megapixels camera complete with LED Flash, you can easily captures high quality images and videos.

A microSD memory card slot stores of up to 16GB.

The HTC Touch Pro is available online today for $349.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. It will be available in stores beginning Dec. 1.


HTC Touch Pro Features

* Surf and download at broadband speed with HSDPA and Wi-Fi
* 2.8-inch touch screen, with four times the resolution of most phones
* Vibrant TouchFLO 3D user interface
* Five-row QWERTY keyboard for quick and easy text entry
* 3.2-megapixel auto-focus camera with flash light for quality stills and video
* microSD slot for expandable storage
* Integrated GPS can be used with maps software for a full turn-by-turn
navigation experience
* Built-in HTC-developed YouTube application for watching user generated video
* Google Maps for Mobile is included for mapping and traffic data

Motorola VE66 Slider

Motorola announced the VE66 with CrystalTalk audio technology for clear conversations, a 5.0-megapixel camera and MP3 player.

VE66 comes with new widgets integration. Consumers can get real time information of weather, sport scores, stock tickers, flight information, social media and news headlines by using downloadable widgets.

With 5.0 Megapixels camera, VE66 captures high resolution pictures. This cell phones also using auto-focuses, LED Flash, stabilizes image, and can reduces red eye.

"The VE66 delivers on consumer's demand for more personalized listening and imaging experiences on a mobile phone," said Tracey Koziol, Corporate Vice President of Motorola.

The Motorola VE66 is expected to be available Q4 2008


Motorola VE66 Features

* Integrated 5.0-megapixel camera with 8x zoom, fixed focus, flash and auto-focus
* CrystalTalk II for improved call clarity
* Wi-Fi for fast Internet browsing or sharing content photos, videos and audio files
* Alarm clock, calculator, rich preloaded Java ME games, PIM functionality and push-to-talk
* Downloadable ringtones, wallpaper and screensaver
* FastScroll wheel and intuitive tactile music navigation key
* Video capture (30 fps) / playback (30 fps) / streaming (H.263, MPEG4, WMV v9, WMV v10)
* Enhanced music experience featuring Windows Media Player 11
* USB 2.0 full-speed and integrated FM radio with RDS
* ROM 256 MB, 128 MB user memory, microSD 32 GB and 110 MB user memory

Nokia E66

Here are the specification of Nokia E66:


Network system:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network HSDPA 2100 / 900
- HSDPA 850 / 1900 - US version
Size:
107.5 x 49.5 x 13.6 mm, 62.6 cc
Weight:
121 g
Display:
- TFT, 16M colors
Size:
240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
- Five-way scroll key
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Battery type:
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh (BL-4U)
Stand-by:
Up to 264 h
Talk time:
Up to 7 h 30 m
Ringtones:
Polyphonic, Monophonic, MP3, True Tones
Option:
- Vibration Yes
- HSCSD Yes
- EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps
- 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
- WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Number in phone:
Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records:
Detailed, max 30 days
Memory:
- microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB
- 110 MB internal memory
- 128 MB SDRAM Memory
- ARM 11 369 MHz processor
- USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
- OS Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
- Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
GPRS:
Class 32, 100 kbps
Messaging:
SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Infrared port:
Yes
Games:
Yes + Downloadable
Color:
White Steel, Grey Steel
Features:
- 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, video(QVGA@15fps), flash; secondary videocall camera
- VoIP
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS function
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- Office applications
- FM radio
- Push to talk
- Voice command/dial
- Turn-to-mute
- PIM including calendar, to-do list and printing
- Built-in handsfree