Archive for November, 2008
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Friday, November 28th, 2008Preview: Nokia 6260 Slide
Thursday, November 27th, 2008The original 6260 was a flip and the first S60 phone that I ever owned. The new 6260 is a slider and an S40 device. Where did it all go wrong?
To be honest, the two phones have very little in common. The latest 6260 slide looks a lot like the 6220 Classic and 6210 Navigator, with one very noticeable missing piece of the puzzle: the Symbian OS. That’s a surprise considering the phone has some pretty power-packed features, like a 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss camera with dual LED flash/autofocus/15 fps VGA video, integrated GPS + A-GPS, WLAN, HSPA, 6 hours of battery life on GSM, TV-out, 8GB microSDHC support, and Bluetooth 2.1 + A2DP. Wow, that’s a mouthful.
There’s also onboard stereo speakers, an interesting addition considering the 6260 slide only has a lackluster 2.5mm audio jack. And the battery can support up to 30 hours of music listening. Seriously, if you’re going to go that far, why not just spend the extra 50 cents needed to pop in a 3.5mm port?
It also looks like the Navi-wheel has returned, only to be resurrected as the “360o Navi-key.”
Pricing: 299 euros ($384 USD) unsubsidized, putting it right smack in midrange territory.
The Nokia 6260 Slide will start shipping in the first quarter of 2009.
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008More on Nokia’s E75 Slider
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008It’s been a while since word first leaked out about Nokia’s E75 smartphone. For those who weren’t paying attention, the E75 was an Eseries handset with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, all wrapped up in an E66-ish package. BGR now has one or two more details on the phone, with pictures to boot.
First up is the screen, which measures 2.4″ - same as the E66. The camera is 3.2 megapixel, with Carl Zeiss, autofocus, and dual-LED flash. As for the sliding keyboard, the buttons are flat rather than raised and I’m not quite sure how well this bodes for the thumb typist.
I’m also not a big fan of the oval shape, which is just a little too curved for my liking.







