Today Nokia announced a new Nokia 8208 phone for its CDMA markets outside the US. The Nokia 8208 features a smooth, dual-slide form factor, and packs a dose of entertainment with its MP3 music player and 3 megapixel camera. It provides easy access to tunes through the phone’s dedicated music buttons, where music can be played for up to 20 continuous hours.

For easy music storage, a 16GB external memory card slot holds up to approximately 4,000 songs in AAC+ and MP3 digital music formats. When reaching for contacts, use the Speaker-Independent Name Dialing mode for hands free dialing, or assign photos to favourite contacts to quickly see who’s calling, or sending multi-media messages. With the super fast 3G connection, no more waiting around to get to the things you most like to use. The Nokia 8208 is expected to launch in select CDMA markets, in the first quarter of 2009

Key Features:

• 20 hours continuous music playback
• 150MB internal storage
• 16GB microSD card support
• Easy access to music with external dedicated keys
• 3.0 MP camera with flash, 6X digital zoom and video recorder
• GPS (market dependent)
• FM Radio
• 2000 phonebook contacts (5 entries per contact) and 500 SMS storage
• Integrated hands-free speaker
• CDMA 800MHz/1900MHz/EVDO
• User interface: Nokia S40 like UI
• Dimensions: 101mm x 45.2mm x 15.9mm
• Weight: 126.3 g
• Standby time:up to 11 days
• Talk time:up to 4 hours
• Display:2.2″QVGA 240×320, 16 million colors
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• Micro USB 2.0, hi-speed
• 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack