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April 28, 2005

Nokia's iPod killer?

Nokia's just announced a new range of phones that are clearly designed to end what the company hopes will have been a brief love affair with the iPod. For that matter, it might deal a telling blow to the Treo and other Smart Phones.

The threee phones in Nokia's Nseries offer features like 3G capability, Carl Zeiss Optics, megapixel cameras, VHS resolution video and WLAN, and - here's where it gets really interesting - multi-gigabyte memory.

Who needs an iPod when you can store up to 3000 songs on the 4GB hard disk that you'll find on the Nokia N91 [pictured]? It's been optimised for music, and because it comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB 2.0, connecting to your music collection and managing everything with PC Suite is going to be very easy.

Or, if you happen to be more interested in digital photography, there's the Nokia N90 - the first camera phone equipped with Carl Zeiss optics. It takes 2 megapixel images, and VHS resolution video.

The Nokia N70, says Nokia. is the world's smallest Series 60 based 3G WCDMA device. It has a 2 Megapixel camera and offers push email, HTML browser, music player and FM radio with stereo audio.

The range offers large color displays, HTML web browser and streaming video, push email with attachments. Because the N series is based on Nokia's popular Symbian-based Series 60, there are thousands of add-on applications.

Nokia's been busy on other fronts. It's also unveiled three new models in the mid-range 60s series - the Nokia 6021, 6030 and 6230i, with the 6230i gaining a a megapixel camera and push to talk functionality. And another thing: the Nokia 5140i camera phoneis aimed at "active-minded consumers", who can't run around the Tan or Central Park without a "dust and spash-resistant" phone.

Posted by cw at April 28, 2005 02:39 PM

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