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Vodafone Japan intros 804NK, alias Nokia N71
They call it the Vodafone 804NK, we call it the Nokia N71, but hey, it's all the same to us. Hailing its "European style flip design," Vodafone Japan (or Softbank Mobile, depending on who you ask) has unleashed Nokia's 2-megapixel S60 clamshell virtually unchanged from its European counterpart, save for some Japanese localization and preloaded software. Of course, failing to cater to Japanese tastes was the very reason Vodafone bailed on the market to begin with, so whether the N7... er, 804NK will see much acceptance in the Far East remains to be seen.
Vodafone Japan announces summer lineup
New Softbank property Vodafone K.K. has announced four new 3G handsets -- along with the 2G Toshiba V304T "simplephone" -- that will be released this summer in Japan, including Sharp's 905SH clamshell with a 2 megapixel camera and One Seg digital TV reception. Also seen before was Voda's version of Nokia's N71, dubbed the 804NK, which sports those same multimedia and smartphone features along with obvious addition of bilingual menus. Like the three models mentioned previously, the Toshiba 705T and Sharp 705SH SLIMIA also sport clamshell designs, with the Tosh featuring external music controls and the Sharp (pictured) rocking dual cameras. Additionally, a sixth model, Sharp's 2G V403SH (also a flip phone), was announced as getting a summer makeover, and will now come in your choice of cloth beige or cloth blue.
