Nokia N75 packs 3G for US shores

We're not getting played for a fool again until we actually have a real, actual device resting comfortably in our hands, but Nokia's promising to bring the 3G love to the US for reals this time with its new N75 clamshell, announced today as part of its Nseries onslaught. The S60 3rd Edition handset looks to pack a decent punch into its 95 x 52 x 20.2mm form -- which Nokia is dubbing its "smallest multimedia computer," bearing in mind the E50 isn't considered such a device -- bringing a 2-megapixel cam, 40MB of internal storage with microSD expansion to 2GB, integrated stereo speakers, Bluetooth 2.0, QVGA internal and 160 x 128 external displays, quad-band GSM / EDGE, and some of that sweet, sweet WCDMA on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. Best of all, it's being promised for US release in the fourth quarter of 2006; we don't if you-know-who has decided to pick it up, but if not, we've every reason to believe the unlocked versions will be flying out of Nokia's own warehouse at a brisk pace. Check after the break for more smooth, creamy, flippable S60 goodness.

[Mrmean @ Sep 26th 2006 1:13PM]

Does anyone even care about Nokia and it's thousands of new phones everyday?

[exst @ Sep 26th 2006 1:29PM]

When will US get some proper 3G service already! And umm, yey for Nokia I guess.

[Jeff @ Sep 26th 2006 1:32PM]

Wow looks like a nice phone. Sure wish verizon would come out with something this nice....

[Rcadden @ Sep 26th 2006 1:47PM]

Looks great, but I'll keep my N73. No A2DP, no auto-focus, and only an 800mAh battery don't thrill me. Kinda sad, though, the US 3G would be AWESOME here in Dallas.

[Ryan @ Sep 26th 2006 2:03PM]

i'm still holding out for the N93.. i'm hoping cingular will pick it up soon

[Geoff Brown @ Sep 26th 2006 2:26PM]

@ Mr. Mean:

yes, if it means innovation and a manifestation of the sheer brilliance Nokia brings to the usability of mobile devices!

and personally, I'm always thrilled because the ID is so bad ass :)

[Pinkerton @ Sep 26th 2006 2:55PM]

Looks nice, as long as the >>>basic funtions work

[Juhani Polkko @ Sep 26th 2006 3:23PM]

Where are those side-view pics that made the RAZR fly?! I guess they still couldn't make it that cool. But the direction is right, now just head to some serious arse-kissing in Seattle/Atlanta...

[Corrupt @ Sep 27th 2006 3:40AM]

When will Nokia give up on Symbian... Also, what's with their lack of A2DP?

[bender @ Sep 27th 2006 9:06AM]

Have you actually ever used S60/symbian?
There is a reason these are called multimedia computers. You just have to experience it to believe it. You can install programs, move the shortcuts around, create your own folders and place apps there, perhaps create a folder for your ebooks, install an ebook reader for it for free...

You just have to experience Nokia's interface to understand how far behind Motorola and Samsung are.
On my Samsung I have the basic icons in the menu. I can send messages and make calls and take pictures. That's it. It's so restricted.

There are literally tens of thousands of free programs for the S60 OS, from games to cooksbooks to ebook readers to file management programs.

Sure, razr is thin but that's becasue it packs 3 year old hardware.

[Henrikki @ Sep 27th 2006 2:55PM]

What's with the thin mania anyway? I've tried the Razr and the keypad is like,..almost unusable. Granted, I only fondled it for something like 15 minutes..Does anyone have different axperience in this matter?

[Atiq @ Jan 5th 2007 12:04AM]

N75 is going to be launched by Cingular in February!

[caseSensitive @ Jan 23rd 2007 6:33PM]

well I hope it will be sold unlocked...

[TonyDanza @ Mar 27th 2007 4:23PM]

okay its april, 2 months past Feb, where is the fone for cingular?????????

[MikeM @ Apr 3rd 2007 11:50AM]

Here is the response that I got from the Cingular Washington/Baltimore product manager.

The version for retail and agents will be released in late April/early May timeframe. There is a national retail version that is hitting soon in Best Buy’s, the version we get will have an updated easier to use menu system.

Thanks!

[MikeM @ Apr 6th 2007 8:50AM]

The following website says it will be in stock 4/15/07.. is this just an approximation.. i.e. average /middle of April?/? or a real date?

http://www.negrielectronics.com/product_info.php?products_id=293

[MikeM @ Apr 15th 2007 9:16PM]

new update... as of 4/15, website states:
This product will be in stock on Wednesday 18 April, 2007.

[Mr. Nokia @ Apr 30th 2007 7:20AM]

The Phone will ship out from the Cingular warehouse on May 1st. It should be in stores on May 3rd or fourth depending on where the store is.