For better or worse, dual sliders are quickly becoming one of Nokia's
trademark form factors -- but one thing we'd never really expected out of Espoo was a dual slider equipped with EV-DO Rev. A. Sure enough, FCC documentation has revealed a diminutive black dumbphone that packs CDMA800 / 1900 with 3G and slides two ways: one to reveal a numeric keypad, the other to offer up music controls. Historically, Nokia has "co-ODM'd" its CDMA devices with an unnamed Asian partner, and we suspect this device is no different -- but we've got to give them credit for crafting a genuinely Nokia-esque device here. The draft user's manual doesn't reveal a retail name or model number, but we do see references to UIMs (the CDMA equivalent of SIMs) and British spellings of "organiser," which leads us to believe North America might not be on the VIP list for this one. Would be a shame, wouldn't it?
[Via
Phone Scoop]
Update: Commenter Kunal points out that this looks an awful lot like the China-bound
8208, which makes us wonder -- why the FCC approval? Did that bad boy pique the interest of Verizon or Sprint?
posted Apr 20th 2009 1:24PM
If I could get this phone off contract for a reasonable price I would buy it, but as it is, this will retail for $400 (or something crazy like that). The manufacturers and the service providers just raise the off-contract prices because they want to force people into $1000-$2000 dollar contracts. Does anyone know where I can can get a phone like this (a good media playing slider) for around $200?
I'm really not asking for much, it doesn't even have to have fast data speeds. Anyone?
I hear "NOKLA" makes a good slider for $97
Original N95s can be had for around this. But you might be disappointed if you've not used one before. I found them to be annoying.
"why the FCC approval? Did that bad boy pique the interest of Verizon or Sprint?"
More likely one of the myriad regional CDMA carriers, like Cricket, MetroPCS, or US Cellular. They're a sucker for Nokia because Nokia makes the fullest-featured CDMA phones that aren't carrier exclusives (like LG's ENv for example) and aren't smartphones.
nice i bet is going the verizon way...i wish sprint would get it hands on some nokia's
the last nokia i saw in sprint was in 06 it was a flip phone..so come on sprint
i know this never happen but a CDMA N97 would be crazy
*correct spelling of "organiser"
It is correct if you are in the UK or a country that uses that version of the English language.
YEA!
don't be a Dic, Nick...
get it?
Dic? Dictionary or Dic as in penis!
comment is pants.
Isn't this the Nokia 8208?
http://pressbulletinboard.nokia.com/2009/02/18/announcing-the-nokia-8208-–-where-high-tech-meets-high-style/
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uh, CDMA is not available in UK, unless you are talking about W-CDMA, which is co-existent with GSM. also organiser is not just the British, its just the non-american spelling. (america has ruined our language, I remember my trip to NY, they could handle the british pronounciation of tomato in burger king)
Looks pretty fugly for a Nokia...
if by unnamed Asian partner you mean Foxconn who has a factory in europe on/next too a nokia campus then us unnamed
foxconn of course also makes the iphone
CDMA blows
yeah its that noob shit
Why do Nokia think people like the dual slider thing? Its not like you cant do stop / > / >> /
i like it because i can use the multimedia keys on my N95 to play Doom 2 with both hands.
but as far as music is concerned the multimedia keys are completely redundant
Honestly, I like Nokia's in general but that thing is HIDEOUS =/
A Nokia rep at CTIA mentioned that they were soon going to be using Qualcomm CDMA chipsets instead of their own and would be introducing Series 60 into CDMA phones "soon". Both would be great considering the chipset has limited the form factor of Nokia CDMA phones and Series 40 isn't exactly cutting edge. It's probably headed to India though and just at the FCC for roaming.
How stupid is a numeric keypad on a touchscreen phone?
It's clearly a moronic cost saving measure ..why not have a full keyboard like the Palm Pre.. thats the only thing I can think of .. save $1 off each phone with it.
Past Nokias with this form factor tend not to be touchscreen, though.
this thing has a touchscreen?
That looks like an iPhone, why would Nokia do that?