Cingular has launched the flip phone Nokia 6061 today, and it is going for $39.99 with a 2-year service contract. This entry level phone doesn’t do anything fancy but it does its job well enough with a 128 x 160 pixel 65k color screen, MP3 ringtone capability, and AIM/ICQ/Yahoo Instant Messaging connectivity. Via
Mobile Tracker
Nokia’s N80 will be sitting pretty at the pinnacle of multimedia phone-dom when released. It supports the S60 Symbian OS and quad-band GSM, 3G, and EDGE standards. The N80 is equipped with 802.11g and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity as well as UPnP functionality that enables you to stream media content from the N80 to a compatible PC/home theater device. Its 352 x 418 screen is great to view pics taken with its 3-megapixel camera. There’s a miniSD card slot for future expansion. The N80 will be released before June 2006. Via
All About Symbian
Throughout 2005, Samsung Korea released 53 handsets domestically while the remaining 111 models were shipped worldwide outside of Korea for a grand total of 164 different handsets. Samsung expects to sell over a 100 million handsets for the first time in its history. Other honorable mentions from this Korean giant include the release of the world’s first 8-megapixel cameraphone (
SPH-V8200) and the 3GB music smartphone (
SGH-i300).
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Samsung HQ
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Motorola Q is an attempt at merging the ultraslim RAZR line of phones with the tried-and-true form factor of the BlackBerry. It is powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 and navigation is dead easy with the scroll wheel and improved meny system. The QWERTY keyboard is equally effective as the current Treo line. The
Q fits snugly into any shirt or jacket pocket, and its thin looks doesn’t detract from the fact that it has a sturdy built. Check out the gallery after the jump. Via
Mobile Burn
Smartphone Thoughts have compiled some pictures depicting the antennaes of the upcoming Cingular 2125 Smartphone and the T-Mobile SDA version. Both models run on the Windows Mobile OS with a rather ugly looking hump at the back of the top of the phone’s chassis. This fashion faux pas is definitely a turn off in today’s environment of sleek devices. Via
Krunker
The T-Mobile website has listed the Motorola PEBL as an item that is on its way, but with no exact launch date. This stylish, black, and chic cell phone measures 1.93” x 3.41” x 0.79” and weighs just 3.88 ounces. The PEBL is a quad-band phone with a battery that provides up to 6.75 hours’ worth of talk time or up to an impressive 12 day standby time. Via Portable Gadgets
