Nokia
has today unveiled a new product, the Nokia 3650 to its imaging phone
category at the Nokia Totally Board event in Marseille, France and at
an Asia Pacific launch event held in Singapore. With an integrated high-
resolution camera, camcorder, video player and
multimedia messaging* (MMS) functionality, the Nokia 3650 introduces
richer visual communication worldwide. The Nokia 3650 is a tri-band
mobile phone operating on 5 continents wherever GSM 900/1800/1900 networks
are available. Shipments are expected to begin early 2003.
"Nokia
is pleased to add another imaging phone with the Series 60 platform
to its wide range of products. Through its visual and dynamic features
the Nokia 3650 expands the superior imaging
experience and MMS into the global market. The Nokia 3650 is the first
phone with an integrated camera to be delivered to the North America.
This phone will generate a lot of excitement among
consumers," said Juha Putkiranta, Senior Vice President, Imaging
Business Unit, Nokia Mobile Phones.
To
instantly "share a moment", the Nokia 3650 phone includes
an integrated VGA camera, a large 176x208 pixel color display with 4096
colors, and a unique circular keypad with a 5-way scroll key. The Nokia
3650 also incorporates a camcorder for capturing video clips, as well
as a RealOne Player for downloading and playing or real-time streaming
of video content. The MMS functionality allows users to send video clips,
images, text and sound to another compatible MMS-enabled phone or to
an e-mail address. The Nokia 3650 phone has
extensive e-mail support and an XHTML browser that enables next generation
browsing.
The
Series 60 platform on top of the Symbian OS (Operating System)
offers a powerful, easy-to-use platform for the Nokia 3650 phone.
Java(TM) technology allows users to personalize the content on their
phone with a wide selection of third-party applications, including
image editing and a variety of graphic-intense games. Developers
looking to reach the Nokia 3650 phone audience can use the Series 60
Software Development Kit to build applications and Nokia Tradepoint
as also Nokia Software Market to take their applications to market.
More details, including free downloads of the Series 60 SDK, are
available at Nokia's global developer site, www.forum.nokia.com.
The
Nokia 3650 phone users can further add the fun and excitement to
their everyday communication with Nokia digital services such as new
games, ring tones and graphical wallpapers. Managing, manipulating
and sharing photos, and sending e-cards is fun and easy through the
Photo Zone service. Continuing the theme of sharing experiences, the
Nokia 3650 phone supports multi-party game play over infrared and
Bluetooth.
The
Nokia 3650 phone weighs 130 g and has 4 MB internal user memory,
expandable with a memory card to enable flexible storage for more
pictures, games, or other files. The new compact and lightweight 850
mAh Li-Ion battery gives the Nokia 3650 phone a talk time of up to 4
hours hours, a standby time of up to 8 days and a faster charging
time of approximately one hour. User-changeable Xpress-on(TM) covers
allow Nokia 3650 phone owners another personalization option. The
phone will also support a variety of optional accessories for power
management, wearables and wireless Bluetooth connectivity.
