By now you have either realized yours is a life of happy hour luxuries and coupon-cutter holidays, for a lucky few however theirs is a world of opulence where a diamond encrusted handset is not only possible but somewhat inevitable.
Lucky for destiny’s child the Nokia 8800 Arte Diamond special edition is out and begging to for ubiquity among the chattering classes. Featuring 112 UN-approved diamonds, or 0.7 carats, the Thomas Heyerdahl designed traffic-stopper clocks in at whisker under $6000USD.
The triband GSM Nokia 7310 Supernova has been released in China and Taiwan and the good-lookind mid-ranger serves up features bound to be a hit.
With EDGE dishing out data at up to 2.5G speeds, 2 megapixel camera, optional TV-out cable, microSD slot, 2 inch QVGA display and FM radio, the Supernova is not going to set the world on fire but by the looks of these photos this is one affordable 11.95mm-thick mirror finish candybar you wont be embarassed to pull out of your pocket.
Those that aren’t already salivating at the release of the HTC Touch Diamond will have to steel themselves at news of the release of the Nokia N78 cell phone.
N78 Music sounds better with you
›EDGE, WiFi, HSDPA and Bluetooth connectivity ›Multi-format music player, FM radio and 3.5mm audio jack ›3.15 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
With a range of features that mixes business with pleasure, the Nokia N78 is one music phone that doesn’t miss a beat.
Like Nokia? Like smartphones? Put your plastic sheets on as we roll out live photos of the latest and greatest offered via Finland, the E71 (pictured above) and the E66 (pictured below).
Both the phones will feature 3.2 megapixels of corporate espionage temptation, 128MB of memory and both put Nokia front and center of the business user marketplace.
With rumor’s circulating that the E71 will make itself official tomorrow it may not be long until you can enjoy the QWERTY loving candybar. Watch this space.
The Nokia N78 boasts a range of consumer friendly features but the real headline grabber is the FM transmitter and from this video it’s not hard to see why.
With a feature pack that includes A-GPS, HSDPA 3G, WiFi and 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics the N78 is already a firm favorite of must have lists and with this FM transmitter you can play the music from your phone on any FM radio, anytime. The potential to provide free music education to local hoodlums and passing cars is almost irresistable. Check it out.
Nokia’s “Homegrown” concept , is a new project from Nokia’s labs to help us make more sustainable choices. The team is exploring specific environmental and social issues including recycling and energy . The team is the same people who created remade- that explores how recycled materials may be used in the future to make mobile devices
Remade:
Zero Waste Charger concept - this explores ways to reduce the energy that is wasted when chargers are unplugged from a mobile device but left plugged into a live mains socket.
People First concept – this concept takes three human universals of the way people think about communication – time, lists, and people – to inspire and examine new user interface ideas.