Camera Phones Plaza

On June 18, Nokia announced the introduction of a new cell phone model on the Indian market, called Nokia 1508. It comes with basic functionalities and will be available in stores this quarter as Nokia 1508 and Nokia 1508i, among other cheap Nokia phones.

The candybar is very small, fitting your palm, as well as slim and lightweight, sporting an ergonomic keypad and 3 color combination options: red/black, black/silver and blue/black. It measures 103.8 x 43 x 14.8 mm at 68 grams.

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It brings several useful functionalities such as an FM radio for quick access to the latest news, sports and weather forecasts; high-speed data connectivity, speakerphone, 3 minutes of voice recording, and 1MB internal memory.



You can store up to 500 phonebook contacts and 400 SMS messages, connect it to the computer for file transfers, and use the Distribution Lists and Calendar applications. The display has a resolution of 128 x 128 pixels and supports 65K colors.

With an 860mAh battery you can talk on the phone for up to 3.2 hours or keep it in standby for up to 8.3 days.
The entry-level handset allows you to download MP3 songs to set them as ringtones, games and other cool applications designed for this model. You can listen to the music using headsets via the 2.5 mm jack.



Even if there is no email functionality, Nokia offers the possibility to create cool messages with low resolution graphics and pictures, as well as ringtones and send them as a single text message or concatenated SMS messages. For example, a monochrome image having 72 x 28 pixels is sent in 3 parts, as a series of SMS messages. A 72x14 pixels-image is sent as 2 separate messages, and for a 72x13 pixels-image one message is enough. This functionality is called Smart Messaging.

After a real success in the movie industry with a rating of almost 10 on the Internet Movie Database, The Dark Knight leaves its fingerprint on a new Nokia cell phone called Nokia 6205.

Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition is available at Verizon Wireless for $69.99 with an online purchase and a 2-year contract. The flip phone comes in black with The Dark Knight pre-loaded content and The Dark Knight Branded Battery Cover. It is made of high-quality durable materials and designed to match the movie’s theme with sophisticated colors.

Among its features we encounter a built-in 1.3MP camera with flash, digital zoom, self-timer, up to 1280 x 960 resolution for still images, landscape/portrait capturing modes, and video recording capability.

Music capabilities include support for MP3, WMA, unprotected AAC, and unprotected AAC+ formats, dedicated music keys, PC-phone music synchronization, and playlist management.

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It has up to 4GB memory expanding support via a memory card, on which you can store different media files such as the downloaded content from V CAST Music with Rhapsody, video messages, up to 500 phone book contacts, and other things.



In addition, the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition allows you to listen to stereo sounds via a Bluetooth-compatible headset, print files wirelessly, send emails, browse the web, trace routes with the VZ Navigator, use voice commands, and talk handsfree for up to 270 minutes. With the VZ Navigator based on the GPS positioning system, users can find specific locations guided by audible turn-by-turn directions and choosing from a database of 14 million points of interest in the United States. Locations include restaurants, landmarks, ATMs and others. This service available at Verizon Wireless costs $9.99 for monthly access and $2.99 if you need it just for one day.

The handset measures 3.62 x 1.77 x 0.72 inches at 3.3oz, and sports an external display of 1.28 inches and 65K colors, as well as an internal main TFT screen of 2 inches and 262K colors.

The bar design version of the Nokia 6500 slide handset targeting the business sector is called Nokia 6500 classic and is a more stylish mobile phone model measuring just 9.5 mm thick, with a housing made of anodized aluminum.

It is available in stores at a lower price than the slider, which was released a month before, and features a built-in 2MP digital camera for high-quality pictures and video recording on the go. It films at a resolution of 176 × 144 pixels and captures images at up to 1600x1200 pixels using flash light during low light conditions.
The image you see is taken at the camera phone’s maximum resolution.

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While some prefer the Nokia 6500 classic for its sleek design and others complain about it heating too quickly after 10 minutes of talking, I’d say it’s a modern digital camera mobile phone in small dimensions and lightweight, fitting any pocket and matching stylish people tastes. It is available in Black and Bronze, measuring 109.8 x 45 x 9.5 mm at 94 grams.
Even if it has a small form factor, Nokia 6500 classic sports a 2-inch large and clear display of 16 million colors and has space for up to 1GB of media in the internal memory, for hundreds of songs, images, videos and documents, to not require a card slot.



You can use it for listening to the music, watching videos, talk to anyone in this world handsfree for up to 5 hours and 30 minutes, download files and browse the web at high speeds thanks to the 3G 384 kbps connectivity, stream your funny videos, compose emails with attachments, play action Java games, send voice clips over the air with the Audio Messaging Service, write to-do lists, personalize the phone with cool backgrounds, make commands using your own voice, or just leave it in standby mode for up to 9 days, when you’re not in the mood for calls.



Audio files supported include MP3, AAC and eAAC+, and the cell phone plays H.263, MPEG4, and 3GPP videos.
Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate technology reaches 3 Mbit/s and when supported by your cell phone it provides 3 times faster transmission speed, lower power consumption and simple multi-link scenarios.

Nokia 6500 classic is one of the cool camera phones for a modern attitude, and is available unlocked at prices around $300.

Two of the latest Nokia phones, the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66, are optimized for professionals mobile users with advanced email functionality, high-speed HSDPA transfers and access to the Ovi service, which provides maps, music and file sharing.
Nokia E66 is available for pre-orders in Grey Steel and White Steel, at a price of £328, and its availability will start next month. It is a multimedia computer, same as the E71, featuring high speed 3G, WLAN, advanced mobile email, A-GPS, built-in 3.2MP camera, and multimedia player with music dedicated keys.

The curved slider measures 107.5 x 49.5 x 13.6 mm at 121 grams, and sports a large 2.4-inch display with 240 x 320 resolution and 16.7 million colors capability. It gives you access to its features via a numeric keypad, dedicated one-touch keys for home, calendar, contacts and email, speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialing, accelerated scrolling with intelligent NaviKey, as well as illuminated one-touch keys.

For connectivity it provides microUSB and a 2.5 mm audio jack type, while it powers from a BL-4U 1000 mAh battery providing up to 7 hours and 30 minutes of talk time in GSM, 3 hours and 30 minutes talk time in WCDMA, 264 hours of standby in GSM, and 336 hours standby in WCDMA.

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Components of the handset include hot-swappable microSD memory card slot of up to 8GB, 110MB free memory, Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 support, Flight Mode, infrared, Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate, printing, VoIP, Push to talk, conference calling with up to 6 participants, multiple SMS deletion, text-to-speech message reader, Windows Live Messenger, support for e-mail attachments, Nokia Mobile VPN, Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email, Nokia Mini Map Browser, Nokia Mobile Search, Nokia Maps, FM radio, voice commands, 2 customizable home screen modes, Symbian Os 9.2 with S60 software, and Flash Lite 3.0.



The built-in camera has a CMOS sensor, 4x digital zoom, autofocus, LED flash, red-eye reduction, white balance modes, scene modes, color tone modes, full-screen viewfinder with grid, and landscape orientation. It can also record videos at 22 frames per second using a 4x digital zoom.

Complying with the EU RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC and the China legislation "Management Methods on the Prevention and Control of Pollution caused by Electronic Information Products", Nokia E66 removed harmful materials such as Asbestos, Beryllium Oxide, Mercury and Benzene, in addition to its low power consuming AC charger, which is less than 300mV, on a scale of 0mV to 500mW. You may read more on the page dedicated to Nokia’s environmental safety measures.

While searching for news about the Nokia N96 release date I’ve found something interesting on the company’s website, more exactly on the product’s official page. There is a special offer of the upcoming Nokia N96 multimedia computer, consisting of a limited edition available before the launch of the handset, meaning you have 2 ways of getting your hands on this high-end device before finding it in stores.

To be among the first who own the Nokia N96 you’d have to either donate or compete for it. Nokia involved in an important campaign to help saving the red pandas in Nepal and if you want to give a helping hand too you could donate 769 EUR to WWF independent conservation organization, and receive the Limited Edition Nokia N96 in return.

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If you want to compete, then you’d have to answer a question and submit the entry to win one of the 96 handsets coming in a nicely decorated ash free box with a special numbering on the inside cover, additional content in raw silk bags, an 8GB microSD card for a total storage capacity of 24GB, and a leaflet presenting the WWF project.



Nokia N96 unveiled at Mobile World Congress is a multimedia computer working on WCDMA2100/900 ( HSDPA)/EGSM900 and GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS), with automatic bands and modes switching, measuring 103 x 55 x 18 mm at 125 grams. It comes with 16GB flash memory, hot swappable memory card support, space for 40 hours of video or 12,000 songs, 128 MB RAM, 256MB system memory, up to 3.6Mbps transfer speeds, video player, Internet browser with flash video support, Live TV, GPS, A-GPS, email, RSS reader, WLAN, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, and a built-in 5MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, auto exposure, 5.2 mm focal length, dual-LED camera flash, as well as a secondary camera for video calls.



It provides up to 220 minutes of talk time, 220 hours of standby, 5 hours of video playback, 14 hours of music playback and up to 4 hours of TV playback.

The release date is set for quarter 3 this year and we expect it in stores in the next 2 months at a starting price of about $750. Read more about the Nokia N96 release date.