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Motorola ROKR8 Coming to T-Mobile Soon

Although the Motorola ROKR 8 has been available internationally, it is only now that it will be finally coming to the US market, courtesy of T-Mobile. This black candybar offer a lot of decent goodies that just might convince you take on a T-Mobile subscription plan. It’s major features include a 2-megapixel camera, a whooping 2GB of internal storage plus a microSD slot that can store up to 8GB, a stereo Bluetooth, 3.5mm headphone jack, FM radio, and a morping keypad. For those looking for 3G connectivity, sadly the Motorola ROKR8 doesn’t come with the said feature. Other features of the Motorola ROKR8 include; a music player with external controls, video capture/playback, MegaTones, wallpaper, HiFi Ringers, Games, support for T-Mobile’s myFaves service, picture messaging, easy text input, voice-activated functions, alarm clock, calculator, calendar, T-Mobile Address Book. The Motorola ROKR8 gives out up to 7.5 hours of talk time and 12.5 hours of standby time. It works on 850 MHZ, 900 MHZ, 1800 MHz, and 1900 MHz frequency band. This baby will be available for $199.99 with service contract on July 7.

The Sleek, Gorgeous and Vibrant Nokia 7210 Supernova

In brief, the new Nokia 7210 Supernova lets you personalize your style with a simple and chic mobile handset which will give a fresh, funky look that will make a few heads turn while you use it. The 7210 comes in fresh colors, chic design, glossy finish and essential features. The Nokia 7210 boasts of accompanying Xpress-On covers to match up users moods and possibly attire. The Nokia 7210 boasts of major features such as a music player and FM stereo radio. You can store music tracks on its expandable external memory that supports microSD memory cards of up to 2GB capacity. It lets you capture high-quality images with a 2 megapixel camera which in the standard of camera phones in its class is pretty high enough. Plus, it has direct link to Flickr to let you easily upload your pictures. The Nokia 7210 maybe a pretty simple and basic mobile phone but it works on GSM/EGSM 900/1800/1900 networks. Other features of the Nokia 7210 Supernova includes; a 2-inch QVGA display with 240×320 pixel resolution, series 40 users interface, 30MB internal memory, SMS/MMS/AMS messaging, EDGE, Bluetooth, USB 2.0 and Nokia PC Suite support, WAP 2.0 XHTML, video recording and streaming features, mono handsfree speaker, MP3 and true tones support, JAVA and other mobile web applications and games support, including Flickr, MyNokia, Macromedia Flash Lite, Mobile Search, Widsets and many more. The Nokia 7210 gives out up to 2 hours of talk time and up to 250 hours of standby time. It also comes with the usual Personal Information Management features such as calculator, contacts, alarm and size converter.

The Nokia Supernova Series - 7610, 7510, 7310, 7210

A week after Sony Ericsson unleashed its several new mobile handsets, close rival Nokia followed suit with four not as powerful but definitely more beautiful and aesthetically customizable mobile handsets- the Nokia 7610, 7512, 7310, 7210. All four mobile handsets belong to the new Nokia Supernova series, and are fully customizable to match with a user’s mood and fashion. Yes folks, Nokia is bringing back the old days of dressing up your mobile phones with Xpress-on Covers which are aesthetically funky and colourful. All four Supernova mobile phones were designed to give you various options and each of them will suit every type of mobile phone users. Unlike the recently released Nokia E66 and E71, the Supernova series were designed and geared for mobile phone users who just want some basic mobile phone features which they can also use for picture taking and entertainment purposes. Can these mobile phones deliver the goodies? We certainly hope so. Here’s a brief rundown of each one of them. All four mobile phones are slated for release anytime this year.
The Nokia 7610 Supernova, which is obviously the most powerful and feature-rich among these Supernova mobile handsets. The 7610 is a slider phone with pleasing design and smooth curves. It comes with several choices of Xpress-On covers including a choice between steel blue and red design with muted gray front surface or bright lilac and steel blue contrasted against a pristine white front surface. Aside from these Xpress-On Covers, the 7610 also features a powerful 3.2 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and 8x digital zoom, IM, and a TV out for sharing images. It is also a music player with dedicated music key, FM radio and MP3 player that supports various music formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+. In addition, the 7610 has direct access to the Nokia Music Store through its Music PC Client. So, you can always download music quickly. The Nokia 7610 Supernova will be available in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of 225 EUR before taxes and subsidies.
The Nokia 7510 Supernova is a fold-up mobile phone with push-to-open side key. Like the 7610 it comes with various Xpress-On cover designs. The storm blue, red emerald green and espresso brown. But in addition to these Xpress-On covers, the Nokia 7510 features magical light effects with hidden-until-lit display and a reminder light. The 7510 was designed with mechanical quality, soft feel and solid metal hinge. It also features a 2 megapixel camera with NIPS, LED Flash, 4x digital zoom, a 512 MB microSD card, a 2.2-inch QVGA display and a user-friendly Nokia web browser for easy access to Nokia Search, Share on OVI and Flickr. Other features of the Nokia 7510 includes an FM radio, MP3 player that supports various digital music formats, access to Nokia Music Store and Nokia Music PC Client, link to YouTube, access to Nokia Maps 1.2, A-GPS with turn-by-turn directions, and Nokia Wild Sets service. The Nokia 7510 Supernova will be available in the fourth quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of 180 EUR before taxes and subsidies.
The Nokia 7310’s got Xpress-On covers which are etched with daring 3D textured designs which are available in steel blue with a second front and back cover in wasabi green or candy pink. It boasts of features such as 2 megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom and TV out for image sharing, instant messaging and playing the preinstalled games on TV. It also features and FM RDS radio and an MP3 player which also supports various digital music formats. The Nokia 7310 Supernova will be available in the second quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of 155 EUR before taxes and subsidies.
And finally we have the Nokia 7210 Supernova which is the last of these four new mobile handsets in the Nokia Supernova series. It’s a simple mobile handset which also comes with various Xpress-On cover designs. These include bubble gum pink, and vivid blue in a gloss finish. You can enjoy music side loaded from a PC or purchased from Nokia Music Store. The Nokia Supernova 7210 also features a 2 megapixel camera, and gives access to Flickr with one click access to photo sharing. It comes with an SD memory card slot for additional storage if the internal memory is not enough for your needs. The Nokia 7210 Supernova will be available in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of 120 EUR before taxes and subsidies.

Nokia N78 North American Version Released

Loyal Nokia fans in the US have more than reason to rejoice with the release of one of Nokia’s N-series models - the sleek looking N78. The Nokia N78 combines advanced mobile features including A-GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and high-speed HSDPA connectivity on North American 850/1900 MHz networks and boasts of other features such as Nokia Maps and Share on Ovi. The Nokia N78 also features maximum voice and messaging performanc. “Offering the robust feature set expected from an Nseries device, the integration of these features with Nokia’s new suite of Ovi services is what makes the Nokia N78 a perfect companion for a connected and mobile lifestyle,” said William Plummer, Vice President of Go-to-Market for Nokia. “Whether using GPS to find my way across town, adding geotag information to the images I capture and upload to Share on Ovi, or using the FM transmitter to listen to my music collection through my car stereo, the Nokia N78 keeps me connected and entertained wherever I go.” In addition, each Nokia N78 comes with a free three-month trial navigation license for the Nokia maps services. This enables users to calculate routing information, provides details on up to 15 million different points of interest, and gives audible and visual turn-by-turn directions from point A to B. The A-GPS also allows users to “geotag” photos they’ve taken using the N78’s camera.The N78 is also a music player and an integrated FM transmitter. And with an optional MicroSD memory card slot, you can store up to 8GB worth of music files.