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Nokia N73 comes to Japan as SoftBank 705NK

Categories: Devices, Nokia, NSeries, Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, September 28th, 2006 at 11:44 AM

Nokia announced today that the (recently further adjusted for music) Nokia N73, a 3G (WCDMA) multimedia computer with the features of a digital camera, has been selected for Softbank Mobile Corp.’s 3G handset line-up. The Nokia N73 belongs to the Nokia Nseries family, and is the second model (N71 was the first) in the series to be released in Japan. This device is scheduled for release by Softbank Mobile from mid December in 2006, under the name of Nokia N73 (SoftBank 705NK).

Nokia N73 (SoftBank 705NK)The Nokia N73 (SoftBank 705NK) is the first mobile device in Japan to feature 3.2 megapixel camera with world-leading manufacturer Carl Zeiss optics. The device has a sliding lens cover on the back and can be switched into camera mode simply by sliding the cover; therefore, users can take photos easily, just by holding the handset sideways, like a digital camera, and pressing the dedicated shutter button intuitively. In addition, users can e-mail pictures straight from the camera display, and connect directly to a home printer that supports PictBridge, this handset makes it easy to share favorite creative shots with favorite people.

More information is available at the Nokia Japan and Vodafone Japan sites.

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  • Hasantha Bandara

    Dear Sir,

    I purchased a Soft Bank N 73 705Nk phone from the Japan. But now I want use it in Sri Lanka. I want to release the country lock. Please help me to do it and give more informations to release it.

    Hasantha Bandara
    Sri Lanka.

  • ijas

    machan don’t wory about that i hv an idea ok
    pls contact me urgently
    this is my mobile number ok
    0772007555

  • fer

    i could not even play .mp3 formats the player really sucks… what should i do.???

    ,glenn

    philippines

  • fer

    i could not play .mp3 formats to the music player… what should i do???

    glenn

    philippines