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Nokia's DVB-H-equipped N77 starts shipping
We first caught wind of Nokia's N77 handset all the way back in February, but those in Finland should now be able to actually get their hands on it, with those in India and Vietnam set to follow later this month. The big selling point here is the handset's DVB-H mobile TV capabilities, which'll let you watch live TV from a variety of channels, with a program guide also provided to help you out. Otherwise, the phone (or "multimedia computer," as Nokia insists on calling it) packs a 2.4-inch widescreen display, a 2 megapixel camera, tri-band GSM / EDGE capabilities, and support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA media. While Nokia isn't saying as much in this latest announcement, last we heard the N77 would run you €370, or roughly $490.
Nokia N77 passes FCC -- DVB-H and all
Not to suggest there's any... oh, you know, "service" you can subscribe to in these parts that rocks mobile TV over the DVB-H airwaves, but an FCC approval is always a good sign -- and the presence of an upstart service provider working its rear off to get picked up by a carrier always helps, too. The 3.5mm jack-sportin', S60-havin' N77 from Nokia is the latest DVB-H equipped handset to get signed off by the FCC, and while we don't have any word of a GSM 850, UMTS 850 / 1900 version floating around, we can't help but hope that an eventual Modeo success could lead to phones like this magically gaining bands; until then, we'll just be tooling around with our Foreseers.
Nokia's N77 with DVB-H mobile TV
If Nokia's high-end N-Series multimedia phones computers are just a tad too beaucoup for you and yours, then check their newly launched 3G N77 handset. This N is supposed to bung right smack in the middle of mobile TV devices. Like any good Nokia it packs DVB-H mobile broadcast technology and runs S60 3rd Edition beneath that 2.4-inch, 16 million color display. It packs a 2 megapixel camera, integrated stereo speakers and standard 3.5-mm headphone jack, visual radio, and support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA media. This tri-band GSM / EDGE with UMTS 2100 MHz handset starts shipping in Q2 to "countries were DVB-H services are available" for a pre-tax, unsubsidized price of about €370 / $481. One more picture after the break.
Nokia prepping new N77 TV phone for 3GSM?
Word has it Nokia might be ready to add a lower-cost alternative to its beast of a DVB-H phone, the N92, at 3GSM next week. With the proliferation of DVB-H in Europe and globally, it stands to reason that the company could use another mobile TV capable model or two, though there aren't any details on what exactly the rumored device -- the N77 -- might entail. Any way we look at it, we'd bet dollars to donuts that this thing, being passed around the 'nets as the new model in the flesh, just ain't it. Ring bells for anyone?
