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Nokia’s being a little mindful of our budgets and they have been bringing about one great offer after another. Just a few days ago, Nokia announced that they would be offering free sat-nav voice assisted GPS service through Ovi maps. This basically just made every single Nokia smart phone with GPS a very handy device to have.

For music fans who are still saving up for a Nokia smart phone, the wait just got a little bit shorter. The X6 16GB version just got announced and it will be much cheaper than the original X6 32GB version. The only difference between the two devices is that the “Comes with Music” unlimited downloads offer only applies to the 32GB version –that means if you really need to get your music fix, then you might as well save up for the bigger phone.

On the other hand, if you already have your own set of tunes and simply need a great music device, then the 16GB version should do just fine. As a consolation, Nokia is throwing in 25 free music track downloads from the online Nokia Music store.

Aside from music, the X6 is a great multimedia phone. It comes with a 5 mega pixel camera (with Carl Zeiss lens), a 3.2” in touch screen, and a good set of games (Spore Mobile, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour) and of course, the music player. On a full charge of the battery, the device will give you 35 straight hours of listening pleasure. If you need something a little more live than installed files, the phone also has an antenna for tuning into FM broadcasts.

For those of you who are hoping to snag this sweet little music phone, the device is expected to be out on Feb 24 from various network operators.

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Nokia have being a main influence in the mobile phone scene for many years, and continue to release new products. With the near approaching start of 2010, it was only a matter of time before Nokia released their next release. Titled the Nokia Slide 6700, the new phone comes in 6 different colors, raging from deep purple to lime green and cherry red. Whatever your personal taste is, you are bound to find a suitable look for you. The phone is expected in March 2010, at a price tag of around £140, before taxes. This is a great price for the phone, considering what you are getting. The phone comes with built in 3G technology which enables you to almost instantly connect to social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and twitter, allowing you to update friends and family of your movements, particularly useful when away from home.

The 6700 Slide comes with a built in 5 megapixel camera, ideal for taking photos and videos of good times, and preserving memories which may otherwise be forgotten. The camera is designed to capture tremendous quality, and is expected to be better than some low end digital cameras on the market! The phone may lack applications, but the huge 29 hour battery life whilst playing music makes up for this fact. That’s over a day of solid music, more than enough than to keep you entertained. You can upload your photos directly to Facebook using the special program, saving you having to transfer them to a computer or laptop and then do it, or if you prefer you can use the USB port to transfer all your files across to a computer to edit.

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Nokia just announced that it was releasing two 3G Slider handsets, the 6700 Slide and the 7230. Both are compatible with the UMTS/3G network. Each can also be used to participate at social networking sites directly from the phone. The Nokia 6700 is definitely the superstar of the two.  It has a 5 megapixel camera fitted with optics from Carl Zeiss, FM radio and music player. It comes with 45 MB of internal memory which can be increased up to 16 GB with the use of MicroSD memory card. It utilizes a S60 based operating system. The 6700 can be purchased in several colors including purple, pink, lime, red, aluminum and petrol blue.

The other phone is the Nokia 7230. It is also a 3G slider. It features a 3.2 megapixel camera, 2.4 inch display screen, audio messaging, FM radio and Bluetooth. It will use a S40 operations system and comes in two colors, hot pink and graphite. Both of these phones will be available during the first quarter of 2010.

The Nokia 6700 and 7230 are two of the company’s newest mobile phones. They both contain many features which now come standard in most smartphones. The 6700 is obviously the “pretty sister” of the two. It offers users more memory, Bluetooth, a 5 megapixel camera, FM radio and a music player.

The 7230, isn’t bad. It’s just not the 6700. There are fewer features. The price of both phones reflects the differences. It is important to remember that the phone which has the most features isn’t necessarily the right phone for a particular person. People have different needs. Some persons will not require a 5 megapixel camera or 45 MB of space. For these individuals, it would make more sense to buy the cheaper phone and pocket the difference.  It makes little sense to spend more money the necessary.

Nokia 6700 Slide and Nokia 7230 announced, finally. However, the phones won’t be available for purchase until the first quarter of 2010. Both will be sold for under €175.

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The Nokia 5800, which made big waves in the mobile industry for being the market leader, Nokia’s, first touchscreen phone, was very impressive, though it did have it’s fair share of flaws. Clearly Nokia has given much thought to what people have said about the phone and have done a much better job with the Nokia X6, which was unveiled in the Nokia World 2009 event held in Germany in September.

Looking at the specs’ sheet of the phone, the most noticeable fact about it is that none of the features have seen a downgrade. All the features have seen an improvement in some way or the other. The highlight of all the features is the capacitive touchscreen. This is sure to be a hit among all Nokia fans as it will make the screen much more responsive, more like the iPhone!

The phone’s internal memory has seen a massive boost with a whooping 32 GB. Admittedly, there isn’t a memory card slot but, with that much of internal memory, we can’t possibly find a reason to actually moan about the lack of a memory card slot.

The hardware of the X6 is nearly the same as that found in the 5800. The processor as well as the memory of the X6 is the same as the 5800. Nokia Maps 3 as well as the Comes With Music service are present in the phone as well.

However, though we mentioned the capacitive screen as a highlights, it could become a bugbear because of the fact that the OS might not be properly made to work with this capacitive screen. The fact that the 5800 had a stylus really helped with the use of the phone, but, with the absence of a stylus in the X6, any problems with the screen could come to haunt Nokia back.

The Nokia X6 Reviews are good, so make sure you grab the phone, which should be available near Christmas for about 400 pounds. You will also be able to pick up the Nokia X6 on contract if the full price is a bit much for you to splash out in one go.

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After nearly 2 sets of unofficial leaks and a number of debates with regard to the authenticity of these leaks on many forums, including Nokia Conversations, Nokia have finally officially unveiled the Nokia N97 Mini at the Nokia World 2009 which took place in September earlier this year. The mini is a slightly stripped – down version of Nokia’s flagship, the Nokia N97 and should be released in October worldwide, including in the UK. The price of the Nokia N97 Mini is estimated to be around 300 euro (£275) before any taxes or subsidies. The Nokia N97 Mini Reviews have been quite positive so let’s have a look under the hoods and see whether the phone is worth purchasing.

The Nokia N97 Mini can be used on any 2G or 3G network, meaning that you can use it anywhere in the world. The phone is fairly slim at 14.2 mm. This is with a slider QWERTY, making it all the more appreciable. The phone is, however, a bit heavy at 138 grams and you might feel a bit uncomfortable when you are carrying it around in tight jeans. The phone utilizes a 3.2 inch TFT resistive touchscreen with a resolution of 360×640 pixels and can display a maximum of 16 million colours. A proximity sensor as well as an accelerometer sensor are also present on the phone.

The 3.5 mm audio jack allows you to use your favourite headsets rather than the standard ones provided with your phone. The phone’s internal memory is 8GB, expandable by another 16 GB via a microSD memory card.

Internet connectivity is possible via EDGE, GPRS, Wi-Fi and HSDPA. Stereo Bluetooth and microUSB v20 connectivity are also available. A 5 MP Carl Zeiss camera is present with a dual LED flash and autofocus. The phone should be available later in October so when that day arrives be sure to check out all the Nokia N97 Mini deals on offer.

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The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition is a GPS – centric edition of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, which was unveiled in August via Nokia Conversations. The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition Reviews have been good, so let’s look under the hood.

Using the leverage provided by the popularity of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the phone has all the features that the original edition of the phone has. The looks are also the same, but the biggest difference between both the phones is the awesome car holder and the car charger which enable you to use your phone as a SatNav device for your car, saving you the trouble of having to buy a stand – alone one.

There is another difference which we were able to identify via the data sheet of the phone provided by Nokia. The phone’s colour scheme are different from the red and blue that was available in the original edition of the phone. It will be released in a Black and Chrome colour combination.

The phone is set to be released in 3 different versions. All of them have a common feature in the support for quad – band GSM networks. 2 of the version will also come with 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity while the last one will not have these connectivity options. This is perhaps because the last version is geared towards China or the emerging markets.

However, when we look at the promo video released by Nokia to coincide with the unveiling of the phone, we realize that the problem of the screen’s legibility under direct sunlight persists. This might make you think twice about using the phone as a dedicated GPS device on your car’s dashboard as it would be exposed to direct sunlight during the daytime.

The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition should be ready to ship during the 3rd quarter of the year for £236 before any subsidies or taxes.

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A Finnish mobile phone manufacturer mimicking a Danish lager brewer… whatever will they think of next?

Because for years you’ve been hearing about what would happen “if” Carlsberg did other things. If they did parties you’d be surrounded by nubile young things wearing very few things… If they did Sunday pub teams you’d be playing with a bunch of senile ex-England stars. If if if…

But, in a sense, those Finns have gone one better with the Nokia Booklet 3G, because Nokia haven’t just asked us to imagine how great it would be if they went out and made a netbook, they’ve actually gone out there and made a netbook. And, well, it’s great.

Like, really, properly, full on great. We’ve been using netbooks for a while now, loving their no (or low) frills attitude and sheer portability. And, seeing as how Nokia phone’s have always been about those kind of things too, we had every confidence the Nokia 3G Booklet was going to be a cracker. And boy, is it.

A 10” HD screen, 3G, WiFi, sim card slot, Windows 7, 12 (twelve!) hours of battery life… what more do we need to say. Well, the question, as always, is what more can we be arsed saying. The answer, as always, is very little. But, good news too is that this fair Nokia Booklet 3G review and this official page say far more than we ever could here anyway.

So click through, agree with the greatness, crack open a beer, and just thank the day that Nokia ever decided to do a Carlsberg on us

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Sometimes, as utterly amazing, fantastic, intelligent, witty, attractive, fantastic and downright historically important as our blogs are, even we realise that whatever we right is not as effective as a mere video. Only sometimes mind, but, credit where it’s due, today is one of those days. So go on, we won’t feel bad, have a skip down to the video about the N900 attached to the bottom of this post. Go on, we won’t shout, honest.

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So, presumably, like us, you were a bit bemused at first. Or if not bemused then sighingly depressed. Another self-made Nokia video, another reason to get mad about Nokia self-making videos. Guy with stupid Finnish hair? Check. Guy with stupid Finnish hair trying not to look like a middle-class dad of two who owns a sensible car by wearing a Stussy t-shirt? Check. Uber geek second Finnish guy who looks, well, less, or, maybe, more, oh god, what, terrifying? Check. Dodgy camera work? Check? Disappointing shots of the – GOOD LORD WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT

See, right there, that moment, that point at which they actually stop blathering on and show the phone, that is when it suddenly all becomes worth it. Because the Nokia N900 is a stonker, a stone cold screamer, a downright bad ass of a phone. And that’s not even doing it full justice. It’s not even worth mentioning any of the features of this phone here, in fact. And not only because we’re lazy and can just point you in the direction of this Nokia N900 review, or these official stats. But because there’s just too many. And every single one of them, every stat, every app, every gadget, gizmo and design feature is just spot on. Fair enough, you might not want what used to be (and now, thank god, doesn’t seem to be) called an internet tablet. But if you do, if you’re in any way in the market for a multimedia / smartphone / other kind of all-singing/-dancing handset, then put your feet up, relax, you just found what you’re looking for. It’s as simple as that.

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Man gets run over by car on Oxford Street. FAIL!

Dog bites woman on hand, detaches finger. FAIL!

Grandparent drops baby. FAIL!

Sometimes, the kids, they give us great things. Not very often, to be fair. But sometimes phrases, inventions, new musical styles or other such things emerge from da yoof. However, most of the time, all we get from them are inanities, stabbings, swine flu and all manner of STDs.

What we’re not able to decide, however, is in which camp to place the newest craze sweeping the nation (or our local pub, at least): that of people shouting FAIL at anyone who does something wrong, anyone who is bettered by someone in any way, or even just at the occurrence of an event, happening or circumstance that could have in some small or large way gone better than it did. It’s the Nelson in the Simpsons shouting HA-ha for 2009.

Mostly, it just winds us right up. But that might be because we’re quite often on the end of said FAIL! hollerings. However, we also find ourself using it more and more, and today was such a day. Because we slightly reluctantly – knowing the “quality” of the videos they produce – sat down to watch the below offering for the Nokia 5230. Then at about 35 seconds, we did a double take, rewound, then watched again. And then we shouted FAIL! At the screen. Have a go yourself. 33…34…35… finger scrolls over screen…36… screens decides to actually respond to touch. Massive, terminal FAIL! How could you make a video that shows a possible failing in your product? Utter FAIL! Radical FAIL! Sublime FAIL!

Which is all rather a shame, because as this official page details, and as this Nokia 5230 review explains, the Nokia 5230 is really not a bad phone at all. In fact, it’s a very decent, very affordable phone. Hey ho, there’s no accounting for FAIL!

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Despite the fact that it has been roughly two years since the XpressMusic range from Nokia came out, it still stands pretty high. One of the most recent additions to this music range by Nokia is the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic. The phone is to come out pretty soon and of course is a much anticipated one. With a thickness of roughly thirteen millimetres, it is sure to create a bit of a stir. Capable of being somewhat pocket friendly, the phone weighs roughly 107 grams.

On the other hand, who won’t like the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, after all it’s an affordable touch screen phone. Yes, that’s right! The phone has a TFT touch screen which is about 2.0 inches and is quite a beauty in itself. After all, the screen allows the displaying of up to sixteen million colors at a 360 x 640 resolution. You can also make use of the proximity sensor and the handwriting recognition feature, both of which are quite interesting features.

Onboard memory on the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is around 70 MB. However, you can get quite musical since the memory can take up to 16 GB. If you want to have a walking music jukebox, the 5530 is for you!

The Nokia 5530 Xpress Music has quite a range of different options as far as connectivity is concerned. These cool options include class 32 EDGE and GPRS too. Wi-Fi features let you download large files as per your wish. However, the lack of 3G connectivity is somewhat disappointing especially for those who love to video call.

On the whole, if you are a musical person looking for a cheaper alternative of the iPhone, there is no excuse for you to miss this little beauty! Go grab it right away and have fun choosing from five colors!

If you are looking for Nokia 5530 XpressMusic contracts then visit Moby1. They compare thousands of contracts being offered by online retailers for this music phone and are a good place to look for ideas.

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