[Yssybyl]

I thought I'd grab the first post in the n71 section with a little more information...

For those who haven't seen the official site:
http://www.nokia.com/nseries/index.html?loc=inside,main_n71&lang=en&country=R1

Also an overview... not my own work but author unknown (press release):


The new Nokia N71, launched in Barcelona earlier this month, offers instant entertainment and fast Internet browsing. Focusing on the richness of mobile life, the Nokia N71 provides its users with a simple and reliable way to tap into new multimedia experiences. The Nokia N71, which is based on S60 3rd Edition and Symbian OS, is planned to be commercially available in the first quarter of 2006.

With the browsing experience accentuated by its huge high resolution color display, 320 x 240 pixels, up to 262 144 colors, the Nokia N71 supports the new Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map. Featuring a semi-transparent zoomed-out overall view of the Web page, users can quickly orient themselves and intuitively navigate to all corners of the site as well as see the Web page as it was originally designed. Furthermore, the new browser enables RSS feeds, so users can subscribe to their favorite Web sites and receive regular updates.

“The Nokia N71 is an essential instrument for mobile living,” said Juha Putkiranta, Senior Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia. “Instant entertainment, enjoyment and sharing of life’s experiences through pictures, video and music are all offered in a beautiful design that reflects both intelligence and style. This extremely attractive foldable and nice-to-hold 3G device represents what it takes to be a true trendsetter in the mobile world.”
Nokia XpressMusic

The latest member of the Nokia XpressMusic family, the Nokia N71 keeps people entertained with digital music, videos and stereo FM radio. The Nokia XpressMusic feature brand makes it easy for people to identify Nokia products that provide a superior mobile music experience. In addition to a 5-band equalizer, the Nokia N71 has a slot for a miniSD card of up to 2 GB, which can store up to 1500 songs. Users can transfer their favorite music from a compatible PC simply by dragging and dropping onto the Nokia N71 using USB 2.0. Furthermore, with support for Visual Radio, listeners are offered a richly interactive information channel.

The Nokia N71 music experience can be further enhanced by the Nokia Audio Adapter, which enables users to listen to the device’s digital music player or stereo FM radio through standard stereo headphones. With the separately available Nokia Audio Cable, users can also plug the Nokia N71 into a compatible home stereo system for stereo playback.

Fast and effortless connecting

Thanks to latest 3G technology, people can enjoy fast connection speeds, ideal for sending emails with attachments, browsing the Internet or uploading favorite images to share online with friends. The full range of organizer information, including calendar, notes and to do lists, can also be effortlessly synchronized with compatible PCs via Bluetooth wireless technology, infrared or USB. Additionally, features like email, instant messaging, MMS and SMS enable Nokia N71 users to keep in touch with friends or colleagues. Furthermore, the Nokia N71 includes the Catalogs Client mobile shopping application, enabling users to quickly discover, trial and purchase new applications, services and content from operators or third-party sources.

Incorporating a 2 megapixel camera, Nokia N71 users can capture spontaneous moments or record experiences and quickly and effortlessly share them. With Nokia XpressShare, photos, video and audio can be shared via email, MMS or Bluetooth directly after capture or from the device’s gallery. Moreover, images can be shared immediately with friends thanks to the large high-resolution color display, which also heightens the experience of video communications, including video sharing, where people can share a live camera view or video clips during a normal voice call.

Promising media coverage

Also media has already welcomed the Nokia N71. For example, iMobile said that “Nokia N71 is a pocket-sized entertainment system”. Ployer’s comment was very similar: “Nokia N71: all-in-one entertainment”. Mini Map technology of the new Nokia Web Browser has also received wide interest in media.


All in all not a bad little package! Will anyone who's not already got an N70 go for it? Or are you all waiting for the N80? What are your thoughts?

[Hands0n]

I'm holding out for the N80 :D Its the slider format that I'm after, I've never been much of a fan of the clamshell design, preferring the candy bar over all of them.

The killer to all and any of these wonderful designs by Nokia and others has to be the high data charges that are currently levied at us. While in days of old it was a relatively exclusive market, only the few wanted data, the situation now is changed and continues to do so rapidly. Data-centric network applications are with us and more are in the pipeline. The "humble" Internet being but one of them, albeit probably the most well defined at this time. But what do we see in the face of or support of the Internet itself and mobile manufacturers in general? Not a lot coming from the mobile ops who are still hanging on to their GPRS charging for all they're worth. Not yet can they see the future model where data access is the enabler to vastly superior content profits than that which they currently understand!

I guess this will be an evolutionary process rather than a revolutionary one. Sadly, the former will take a lot longer to mature than the latter.