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Nokia N86 Coming to US

Kim Poh Liaw — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:26:14 +0000

The 8 megapixel camera phone, Nokia N86, is confirmed to be sold in US soon according to Nokia. With a 2.6-inch AMOLED screen, the Nokia N86 8MP is preloaded with Ovi services including Ovi Maps, N-Gage and Ovi Files. The Nokia N86 8MP will be available for $558.00 through Nokia Flagship Stores in the coming weeks.

Nokia N86 Specifications:

GSM Quadband
HSDPA
Symbian S60
8 megapixel camera, wide-angle lens, auto focusing
support 640 x 480 pixels @ 30fps video recording
Dual Flash LED
WiFi
Secondary video call camera
2.6-inch, 16million colors AMOLED, 240 x 320 pixels
N-Gage
Up to 25 hours music listening
Uo to 7 hours video playing
3.5 mm headphone jack
Bluetooth
A-GPS
TV-Out
microUSB
8 GB internal memory
microSDHC card slot

Nokia N86 Start Shipping

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:16:02 +0000

Announced in Feb this year, Nokia has announced that its Nokia N86 is now shipping globally with an estimated retail price of EUR 375 (around 475 USD), before taxes and subsidies. The Nokia N86 has a wide-angle Carl Zeiss optics, able to produce up to 8 megapixel photo. The device also offers a 2.6-inch QVGA OLED screen with scratch resistant hardened glass, A-GPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack, FM Radio receiver, easy photo management, full sync capability with a PC and TV-out support for slide shows.

Nokia N86 Specifications:

GSM Quadband
HSDPA
Symbian S60
8 megapixel camera, wide-angle lens, auto focusing
support 640 x 480 pixels @ 30fps video recording
Dual Flash LED
WiFi
Secondary video call camera
2.6-inch, 16million colors AMOLED, 240 x 320 pixels
N-Gage
Up to 25 hours music listening
Uo to 7 hours video playing
3.5 mm headphone jack
Bluetooth
A-GPS
TV-Out
microUSB
8 GB internal memory
microSDHC card slot

Nokia 5330 XpressMusic Has Touch Sensitive Music Keys

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:33:25 +0000

With its edgy, top-sliced design and illumination effects, Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is ideal for music and keeping in touch with your social network. XpressMusic touch keys on the side of the display provide instant access to music. The standard 3.5mm jack offers crystal clear sound for any headphones, and the extended battery life gives more than 26 hours of playback time. Of course, the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic provides access to sites that specialize in online sharing, including Ovi, Facebook, and MySpace.

Similar to Nokia 5730 Xpress Music, the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic also has a 3.2 megapixel camera module, though it is not sure if the camera module is powered by the Carl Zeiss optics. The new music phone is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2009 for an estimated retail price of 160 EUR.

Nokia 5330 Specifications

Network: WCDMA 850/1900/2100,WCDMA 900/1700/2100, EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
User Interface: Series 40
Dimensions: 101 x 48 x 14 mm (L x W x T)
Weight: 113 g
Display: 2.4 inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
Battery: Nokia Battery BL-4U,1000 mAh Lion
Memory: up to 70 MB internal memory, support for up to 16GB microSD memory card
Talk time: Up to 7,7 hours
Standby time: Up to 350 hours
Music playback: Upto 26hours
3.2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and flash
GSM GPRS/EGPRS multislot class 32
WCDMA max download/upload 384 kbps
MicroUSB, 3.5 mm AV connector
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.1 with A2DP & AVRCP
FM stereo radio withRDS

New Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Now Offers Complete Text Messaging

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:47:55 +0000

As expected, Nokia has announced three XpressMusic phones today, with one of them (Nokia 5030) being branded as XpressRadio phones. The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is Nokia’s first music-optimized device to offer a full QWERTY keyboard – ideal for quick messaging. Its Homescreen features an improved contacts bar with up to 20 friends and family members and provides direct access to music, N-Gage and other applications, like Facebook, Photos, Ovi Contacts, Maps, messaging and more. With Ovi Contacts, people see which friends are online, chat and even view what music they are listening to.

The Music shortcut offers a quick access to the music stored on the device as well as to the Nokia Music Store where they can find for information on artists, music and over-the-air downloads, directly on the device. With the dedicated gaming keys the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a true N-Gage gadget. Direct access to the N-Gage Arena community and the preloaded N-Gage games invite to connect and compete and check high scores with online friends.

The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2009 for an estimated retail price of 280 EUR before subsidies and taxes.

Nokia 5730 Specifications:

Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900,WCDMA 900/1900/2100
User Interface: S60
Dimensions: 112 x 51 x 15,4 mm (L x W x T)
Weight: 135 g
Display: 2.4 inch QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
Battery: Nokia Battery BL-4U,1000mAh Lion
Memory: up to 100 MB internal memory, support for up to 16GB microSD memory card
Talk time: Up to 5 hours
Standby time: Up to 300 hours
Music playback: Upto 25hours
HSDPA cat6 (max download 3,6 Mbps)
GSM GPRS/EGPRS multi slot class 32, max download 296 kbps; upload 177,6 kbps
WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP support
MicroUSB, 3.5 mm AV connector
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP & AVRCP
FM stereo radio with RDS
3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and 8x digital zoom with flash
Secondary camera, VGA

More Photos of the Nokia 5730 available at next page

MWC2009: Nokia N86 Hardware Walkthrough Video

Kim Poh Liaw — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:35:04 +0000

Expected to be available in this quarter, the Nokia N86 is the company’s first 8 megapixel camera phone. The N86 is powered by Symbian OS and has a wide-angle Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash, 2.6-inch QVGA OLED screen with scratch resistant hardened glass, A-GPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack and FM Radio receiver. It will be sold with an estimated retail price of EUR 375 (around 475 USD), before taxes and subsidies. Check out a brief hardware walkthrough video here.

MWC2009: Several Nokia N86 Videos Posted

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:10:51 +0000

Like the new Nokia N86? Check out a few videos posted by NokiaConversation team, including a hands on video.

Nokia N86 Hands On

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Nokia N86 Promotinoal Ads

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Nokia N86 Product Manager Kimmo Nahkamäki

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MWC2009: Nokia N86 with Wide-Angle Carl Zeiss Optics Announced Today

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:11:11 +0000

Today Nokia has released more info of its new Nokia NSeries multimedia computer, the Nokia N86. Nokia N86 has a wide-angle Carl Zeiss optics, able to produce up to 8 megapixel photo. According to the announcement, the Nokia N86 8MP is designed to excel in both bright and low light conditions, and it’s optimized for both video and still imaging. The Nokia N86 8MP is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2009 with an estimated retail price of EUR 375 (around 475 USD), before taxes and subsidies.

The camera module does not have the Xenon flash, although you will still have a dual LED flash to assist you on low light conditions. The wide-angle Carl Zeiss Tessar lens is also said to be the first mobile phone camera that supports variable aperture and reduced shutter lags.

With a powerful camera, the Nokia N86 has a 8GB internal memory with another microSD card slot for more storage expansion.The device also offers a 2.6-inch QVGA OLED screen with scratch resistant hardened glass, A-GPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack, FM Radio receiver, easy photo management, full sync capability with a PC and TV-out support for slide shows.

Nokia N86 Specifications:

GSM Quadband
HSDPA
Symbian S60
8 megapixel camera, wide-angle lens, auto focusing
support 640 x 480 pixels @ 30fps video recording
Dual Flash LED
WiFi
Secondary video call camera
2.6-inch, 16million colors AMOLED, 240 x 320 pixels
N-Gage
Up to 25 hours music listening
Uo to 7 hours video playing
3.5 mm headphone jack
Bluetooth
A-GPS
TV-Out
microUSB
8 GB internal memory
microSDHC card slot

MWC2009: Nokia Might Announce Nokia N86 8 Megapixel Camera Phone

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:09:57 +0000

Although Nokia has not included this 8 megapixel camera phone, it might be planning to announce its first 8 megapixel camera phone in Mobile World Congress. According to Symbian-Guru, the un-announced Nokia N86 has been inserted to its Mobile World Congress’s press material, which featuring a 8 megapixel camera module with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash dual flash LED. The slider phone also comes in dual slider form factor and should be available in Q2 this year. Other than the pdf file, the Nokia N86 has also been spotted on Nokia Showcase Event at Singapore today.

More live photos of the Nokia N86 below, it looks like it will be available in Black and white colors