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What we have here is a basic scheme of Nokia RM-230, still unknown model (but not part of N or E series as its model is XXXX), which we guess will be the successor of the 3250 music phone.
The new Nokia phone is quad-band GSM and tri-band UMTS (probably HSDPA-capable) device supporting world roaming in both 2 and 3G – the only image available shows is has rotating lower part (as it was with the 3250) with play/pause and camera keys on the back. On the opposite side it probably has standard numeric keypad and navigation keys. Supporting all frequencies, the phone will be fully usable in the US (for which it just got approval by the FCC), and hopefully – offered by the carriers.
There is no official information at the moment, but probably something will pop up soon. If you have any information about the exact model, its specifications, or just some spy photo/information you want to share with us, feel free to contact us. If this mysterious phone appears on the 3GSM show in Barcelona, we will be there to check it out.
Source: Phone Arena
To each and every one of you going to 3GSM I wish you the best time in Barcelona.
As for me? My eyes are going to be glued to my rss reader waiting to read what you have to say.
I hope this news isn’t true since common sense dictates something like an E series would be the first to get a triband wcdma chip. Stranger things have happened!
Let us hope that this thing has a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack.
UPDATE: Symbian Guru has some more (conflicting) information to add about this thing:
- confidentiality request for 45 days, so 3/16/07 [this means CTIA not 3GSM]
- Quad-band GSM (finally becoming somewhat of a standard), EDGE, Bluetooth, and WCDMA, though only one band [not what phone arena is saying]
- Audio Adapter AD-44 [used for testing] (implying music-oriented, but not with 3.5mm, sadly) [SADLY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!]
- Direct link to the FCC filing
I’m going to have to go thru these PDF’s myself.
(Phone Arena has a REALLY high resolution version of this picture; I cropped it to fit on my blog for all the people with XGA screens out there, myself included)
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
