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Nokia 5230 Nuron Announced For T-Mobile USA
Nokia has announced a new phone for T-Mobile USA, the first carrier-supported handset from the manufacturer to come with free voice-guided navigation (via Ovi Maps 3.0) in the States. Called the Nokia 5230 Nuron, the device will be a full-fledged touchscreen smartphone running Symbian S60.
With the GPS feature as its biggest selling point, the handset will come preloaded with maps of the US, Canada and Mexico, along with easy download access to 180 other maps via the Ovi service and the Lonely Planet guides. It will also come preinstalled with the Ovi Store app, which gives users access to Nokia’s application and content storefront.
The Nokia 5230 Nuron doesn’t veer away from its European version, featuring a 3.2-inch touchscreen (with 360 x 640 resolution), a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm audio jack, stereo Bluetooth and microSD card expansion. It boasts fast HTML browsing via 3G and full messaging support (including IM and corporate mail), apart from the usual niceties offered by Symbian S60.
No official pricing has been given, with availability vaguely stated for “the coming weeks.” According to rumors, though, T-Mobile might be offering the Nuron for as low as $69.99 on contract, which is a huge value, especially with free GPS software and a full smartphone OS in tow.
Nokia 5230 Nuron Announced For T-Mobile USA
Nokia has announced a new phone for T-Mobile USA, the first carrier-supported handset from the manufacturer to come with free voice-guided navigation (via Ovi Maps 3.0) in the States. Called the Nokia 5230 Nuron, the device will be a full-fledged touchscreen smartphone running Symbian S60.
With the GPS feature as its biggest selling point, the handset will come preloaded with maps of the US, Canada and Mexico, along with easy download access to 180 other maps via the Ovi service and the Lonely Planet guides. It will also come preinstalled with the Ovi Store app, which gives users access to Nokia’s application and content storefront.
The Nokia 5230 Nuron doesn’t veer away from its European version, featuring a 3.2-inch touchscreen (with 360 x 640 resolution), a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm audio jack, stereo Bluetooth and microSD card expansion. It boasts fast HTML browsing via 3G and full messaging support (including IM and corporate mail), apart from the usual niceties offered by Symbian S60.
No official pricing has been given, with availability vaguely stated for “the coming weeks.” According to rumors, though, T-Mobile might be offering the Nuron for as low as $69.99 on contract, which is a huge value, especially with free GPS software and a full smartphone OS in tow.
Samsung S7070 Diva Brings Fashion Aesthetics At An Affordable Price
Fashion phones usually come with a premium. Not the “catwalk-ready” Samsung S7070 Diva, a female-friendly, style-centric touchscreen device that has just been announced for the UK market.
While it fancies itself a “fashion mobile,” the phone’s general design actually doesn’t veer far from Samsung’s normal touch candybar aesthetic. In fact, the shape and layout are pretty much identifiable with the company’s roster, with only the pearl white front panel, jewel-like center button and the 3D quilted back setting it apart.
Details of the Samsung Diva include a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen (with 320 x 240 resolution), a 3.2 megapixel camera (with a couple of arty effects, such as beauty shot and lomo), stereo Bluetooth, built-in DNSe, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (no 3G or WiFi) and microSD card expansion up to 8GB. It runs the standard TouchWiz UI, features social networking integration (Facebook, Twitter and MySpace) and comes with an HTML browser.
Carphone Warehouse will be distributing the handset in the UK and are bundling a limited amount of gift bags for early customers. Each bonus bundle will come with various cosmetic products from Benefit, including portable concealer kits and cream-to-powder finish foundations.
The Samsung S7070 Diva will be available for free from both T-Mobile and Orange, provided you agree to a two-year service contract. You can also get it for only £130 with no contract.
LG Cookie Fresh GS290 Official, Scheduled For Release This Month
What tastes better than a cookie? A freshly-baked chip, of course. Maybe that’s what LG was thinking with their brand new touchscreen based off of the popular Cookie (over 12 million units sold). Billed as the LG Cookie Fresh GS290, the phone just received its official stamp today.
The handset sports a largely youthful form factor and appears to be angling for the entry-level slice of the market. It sports a 3-inch TFT resistive touchscreen with 240 x 400 resolution, an accelerometer for auto-rotate and a “cartoon UI,” as with the Cookie Plus.
Details of the Fresh GS290 include a 2.0 megapixel camera module, stereo Bluetooth, complete messaging capabilities (SMS, EMS, MMS, email), social networking integration, FM radio with RDS, a 3.5mm audio jack and microSD card expansion (up to 8GB). There’s no 3G or WiFi, though, so you’re stuck with GPRS/EDGE for connectivity.
The LG Cookie Fresh GS290 is slated for a European launch sometime this month and the rest of the world later in the year. It is expected to be released alongside the slightly more feature-rich Cookie Plus, although no pricing details have been announced yet.
On a side note, this battle of the Korean cheap-ass touchscreen phones between Samsung’s ever-growing Corby line versus LG’s similarly-multiplying Cookie probably won’t end soon, would it?
