Nokia's 6208c now official, officially in love with stylus input

Nokia's 6208c (or 6208 classic, if you prefer) isn't arriving as a surprise, though it is quite nice to see it being made completely official. The rather unique handset was designed with the Chinese market in mind, as it boasts an integrated, removable stylus modeled after bamboo slips for inputting Chinese characters via pen. You'll also notice a stainless steel back cover, 3.2-megapixel camera (with twin LED flash), a 4x digital zoom and a microSD slot for expanding storage. Mum's the word on pricing, but it should be loosed in "select markets" during the first half of 2009.

[Arkenklo @ Dec 31st 2008 2:53AM]

Why does china get all the cool pens?

[thepenguin @ Dec 31st 2008 3:01AM]

because their made over there

[Craig @ Dec 31st 2008 8:13AM]

Their /what/ is made over there?

[barry99705 @ Dec 31st 2008 8:39AM]

That would be a they're not their. Goofy English language..... :)

[Kai @ Dec 31st 2008 2:14PM]

To use handwriting recognition to input Chinese characters...

[thepenguin @ Dec 31st 2008 3:02AM]

so will this be landing on china mobile or sold as unlocked through chinese retailers?

[Phil @ Dec 31st 2008 3:02AM]

Sweet phone, but the stylus looks like something Asus would put in their EePc line. Lots o plastic for no reason.

Side note: Why have I not seen any Highest Ranked comments lately?

[thepenguin @ Dec 31st 2008 3:04AM]

I been wondering that too...it seems everyone is busy playing with their xmas gadgets :(

[thelush @ Dec 31st 2008 3:51AM]

Reminds me of my old Nokia 6108. That also had a stylus that slid into the back of the phone, but instead of using a touch screen, a touch pad was located underneath a flip-out numberpad.

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=269

[Jooseppi @ Dec 31st 2008 4:07AM]

The stylus will function as a bottle opener as well. This is super official info.

[Pdexter @ Dec 31st 2008 4:24AM]

Well stylus for Chinese market is kind of no brainer.

It sure does look like that Jooseppi :D

[T.L @ Dec 31st 2008 4:33AM]

Not bad looking at all. Most important point of this phone is that it's using S40 + TS, and that's a first one. Has taken some design glues from the +20 million seller Nokia 6300 too no doubt.

[ashwin mani @ Jan 4th 2009 3:51PM]

hmmmmm

[Danielle Danica @ Jan 5th 2009 5:39PM]

So, people are interested in the phone's stylus, instead of the phone's features? hmmm. haha I must admit, the stylus is pretty cool.