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No frills, just series 40 and UMTS... and I'd presume Bluetooth to pair with your laptop!?:confused: Very simple and I imagine it'll be punted out to replace all those 62/6310s.



Due to launch in spring 2006 the 6233 (Voda subscribers get their own version in the guise of the 6234) is a light choccy bar style handset complete with a two mega pixel snapper, 320 x 240 QVGA colour screen, digital music player and stereo speakers.

It has one of those stainless steel finishes that Nokia does so well and is obviously compatible the usual slew of 3G video downloads and streaming options, though funnily enough not person to person video calling (is there anyone still doing this anyhow?)

Although Nokia apparently has the business market in mind, the phone is clearly aimed more at those who aren't too concerned about fancy frills as it runs Nokia Series 40 interface rather than Nokia’s smartphone Series 60 front end.

[Ben]

This actually looks like a damn cool handset! The finish on it looks beautiful in that picture, and it looks simple enough that the average consumer might actually buy it not caring about the '3G' inside. This is the kind of handset that will drive 3G growth in 2006.

I see Vodafone have nabbed their own version of this as they have earlier Nokia business-style 3G handsets. Makes perfect sense to get as many business customers on 3G as possible, if only to get the cost, to Vodafone, of calls down and increase capacity.