Nokia Launches 5 New Phones(N95 and N81)

Nokia is launching 5 new phones at their GoPlay event in London. They aren’t all new models to be precise, but a few are simply re-hashed and upgraded versions of older designs. We don’t have the information yet as to when they’ll be hitting our stores, but I can only hope soon, considering India is Nokia’s second largest market for their devices.

Nokia N95 8GB Edition

First off is the new version of their ‘Super-Phone’ the N95. This new model is totally black to begin with and now comes with a whopping 8GB of internal memory. It’s also going to have a 1200 mAh battery (950 mAh - original). Another major redesign feature is that the screen size has been upped to 2.8 inches (2.6 inches – original).

Nokia N81

The next Symbian smartphone from Nokia is the N81 which will have a 2.4 inch TFT display with QVGA resolution. It will also be equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities, is EDGE/HSDPA-enabled and will also support Bluetooth with A2DP compatibility as well. The N81 will also have dedicated gaming keys and 8GB of internal memory. The main camera is 2 megapixels and there’s also a secondary CIF camera for video calls.

Nokia XpressMusic Series
5700

Nokia is also adding 2 more phones to their XpressMusic series and has given their new 5700 model a makeover. The latest 5700 will have a Black coat with a Blue or Red trim. But there’s no confirmation on if there will be any other significant differences.


This smartphone is going to run off the series 40 platform. It has a QVGA TFT display and has a 2 megapixel camera. Like it’s predecessor the 5300, this model will also support Bluetooth with A2DP compatibility and also support external memory with microSD cards.

5610
5310

The second XpressMusic phone to be released is the 5610 which has a slider design and will also run on the series 40 platform.

We don’t have too much information on all the specs these phones will have, but as soon as we know, you’ll know.

Saregama Launches Mobitunes Cards

Saregama India has launched Saregama Mobitunes Cards, which allows mobile phone users to download their favorite music as ringtones, caller tones and songs on their handsets. Mobitune Cards can be used across all service providers.

The card is a scratch card that users have to get a 16 digit code from. Users can choose the format they want their ringtones in (Monophonic Polyphonic or Truetone) and send a download message to 8558. The cards will hold six songs out of which users can download a maximum of three songs.

Initially the Mobitune cards will be launched in 20 themes with 6 songs unique to each theme at a price of Rs. 25.

Atul Churamani Vice President A &R, Publishing and New Media said, "We initiated this concept after a thorough research on the consumers’ usage pattern. We realized that ring tones is considered only a youth thing. Middle – aged people, housewives weren’t even aware of the availability of the variety of ring tones. Our Mobitune Cards has greater choice in content, provides complete choice on formats and have sharability. We are trying to emphasize on the fact that your ring tone talks about your personality and we are providing diverse set of users the vast availability in the industry."

The Saregama Mobitune Card is available at leading music stores and will be available as a free insertion in all Saregama audio CDs as well.