Unwired View » L’Amour http://www.unwiredview.com Wireless news, views and reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:25:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Nokia 7900 – 3G version of Nokia 7500? http://www.unwiredview.com/2007/06/18/nokia-7900-3g-version-of-nokia-7500/ http://www.unwiredview.com/2007/06/18/nokia-7900-3g-version-of-nokia-7500/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:50:35 +0000 Staska http://www.unwiredview.com/2007/06/18/nokia-7900-3g-version-of-nokia-7500/ Nokia 7500 L’Amour collection phone should be here within a month. And FCC tells us that it’s a 2.5G triband (GSM900/1800/1900) handset with GPRS, EGPRS and bluetooth connectivity.

Another very similar handset – Nokia 7900, may be in the works too. At least that’s what NokiaPort.de forum member is claiming:

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Except for the number, Nokia 7900 looks exactly like Nokia 7500 candybar, except for the 3G UMTS connectivity. And the specs in the picture also doesn’t seem to be 100% correct. 30h standby time is clearly a typo. And hhy on earth they Nokia will put 1.3 mpx camera on a 3G phone, when it plans 2 mpx camera on a 2.5G version?

Or why should Nokia be releasing 2 different generation phones that look exactly the same ?

Well. I guess we’ll have to wait until July for the answers.

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First one is Nokia 6315i CDMA 1xEVDO clamshell phone with two LCD screens, built-in 1.3 megapixel camera, GPS, speaker phone and voice activated dialing. Nokia 6315i also has Bluetooth, USB port and is able to use Video on demand and Music on demand services, can play MP3 and video files. Judging from the pictures on FCC Nokia 6315i is customized for Verizon Wireless.

Announced just last week Nokia 5500 sports phone today has been also approved by FCC. In addition to the usual 2 megapixel camera, Mp3 player, micro MMC card slot and other things that a good cellphone has to have these days, Nokia 5500 sport is designed with the exercising user in mind. It has three different modes of operation -”phone”, “music” and “sports” that you can select with a press of a single button. “Phone” and “Music” modes are self explanatory so we won’t get into details, the most interesting here is the “Sport” mode. It uses built in pedometer that can be enhanced with optional Bluetooth GPS module and special software to monitor and record your exercise, track distances and speed. Nokia 5500 has stainless steel casing with splash and dust resistant shell and a neat “text to speech” function that will read you SMS messages aloud.

And the last one to be approved by FCC is Nokia N7370 fashion phone from Nokia L’mour collection. Nokia N7370 comes in distinct beautifully crafted golden and coffee brown color schemes that will set you apart in any cellphone chatting crowd. It has 1.3 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, MP3 ringtones, QVGA (320×240) LCD screen, FM radio and two stereo loudspeakers for quality sound and 3D sound effects. The only shortcoming that Nokia 3730 has is it’s small memory – only 10MB built-in an no possibility for external memory card.

Similar Posts:]]> http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/05/19/nokia-6135i-nokia-5500-sport-and-nokia-7370-lamour-approved-by-fcc/feed/ 4 L’Amour Collection’s Nokia 7380 review by C-Net http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/03/28/lamour-collections-nokia-7380-review-by-c-net/ http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/03/28/lamour-collections-nokia-7380-review-by-c-net/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:50:11 +0000 Staska http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/03/28/lamour-collections-nokia-7380-review-by-c-net/ C-Net had reviewed Nokia 7380  cell phone from L’Amour collection. It’s got a “very good” 7.6 editor’s rating and users rated this mobile phone at 7.5 also.

Pros:

…Nokia 7380 is a stylish and fashionable phone, perfect as a second cell phone for a night on the town. It features an impressive 2-megapixel camera, along with a video recorder, a voice recorder, a music player, and a radio.

Cons:

…It has no keypad… only…circular spinner to dial numbers and send text messages…small screen and meager 52MB of memory does not make full use of its impressive multimedia features

Their conclusion is similar to our’s – it’s all about looks:

Nokia 7380 would not make for a very useful primary phone, but it’s satisfactory as a fashion accessory or as a secondary mobile. Even though we appreciate the impressive multimedia upgrades over its predecessor, it’s a shame that the phone’s screen and memory size does not make full use of them.

To read full review visit C-Net.

Similar Posts:]]> http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/03/28/lamour-collections-nokia-7380-review-by-c-net/feed/ 0 Nokia 7380 review http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/28/nokia-7380-review/ http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/28/nokia-7380-review/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:22:02 +0000 Staska http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/28/nokia-7380-review/ The sibling of 7280, Nokia 7380 completes it’s L’amour collection. This cell phone was designed to get you noticed. With “lipstick” shape, golden colors and mirror surface it clearly stands out from the crowd. The most distinct feature of this mobile is the lack of keyboard. Instead you get iPodesque scroll wheel to dial the numbers. It can seem a little strange, but becomes acceptable once you get used to it. But the same thing can not be said about messaging. Scroll wheel is not a very good design for text entry, therefore you will be calling much more then texting with this phone.

From the spec side the phone is OK. With the dimensions of 118mm x 30mm x 20mm (4.6″ x 1.2″ x .8″) and weight 80gr it is very easy to carry around. This triband GSM 900/1800/1900 handset comes with 2 megapixel camera, 65,536-color, 104 x 208-pixel mirror display, FM radio and MP3 player. Like all L’maour collection phones Nokia 7380 does not have memory card options, but with 52MB of built-in memory is an improvement over other L’amour colleagues. Full specs of the phone are:

Similar Posts:]]> http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/28/nokia-7380-review/feed/ 1 Nokia 7370. Worth a look http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/27/cellphones-nokia-7370/ http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/27/cellphones-nokia-7370/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:42:38 +0000 Staska http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/27/cellphones-nokia-7370/ Nokia 7370 is a mid range phone from it’s L’amour collection. Designed with a fashion conscious user in mind it doesn’t disappoint. Coming with beautifully crafted golden and coffee brown calor schemes it clearly stands out in a crowded mid-range cellphone field. It’s the first Nokia phone to abandon flip phone form factor in favor of swivel design similar to the Sony Ericsson W900i model. It comes with all standard multimedia feature for this class, including 1.3 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, MP3 ringtones and better then average QVGA (320×240) LCD display and FM radio. One interesting feature, not seen in any other similar mobiles is two stereo loudspeakers covered with metallic grids and able to produce good quality sound and some 3D sound effects. However the phone carries only 10MB of built-in memory with no memory card slot, so your ability to store mp3 files and photos is very limited on this handset.
Full specs of this cell phone include:

  • EDGE tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900
  • Weight: 104 g
  • Dimensions: 88 x 43 x 23 mm, 73 cc
  • 262K color QVGA 240 x 320 pixels display
  • Latest Series 40 user interface
  • 5-way scroll key, 2 soft keys, send and end keys, Camera Key, Volume/Zoom key
  • Dedicated key for landscape video camera mode
  • Integrated 1.3-megapixel camera with full-screen landscape camera mode, with up to 8x digital zoom
  • Black and white, sepia, negative, and multi-shot modes
  • Use saved pictures as screensavers
  • Video recorder and player
  • Supported image formats: JPEG, GIF, EXIF, WBMP, BMP, MBM, PNG
  • MPEG video playback and streaming
  • Visual Radio: Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio stations
    - Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other artist information
    - Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your favorite songs
    - Download the songs you buy direct to your phone
  • Digital music supported for the following media type: MP3, AMR, MIDI
  • Video playback formats: H.263 video, MPEG-4
  • FM stereo radio with integrated 3D stereo speakers
  • Integrated music player for MP3/AAC/M4A formats
  • 10 MB built-in memory
  • Multimedia messaging: MMS for creating, receiving, editing, and sending videos and pictures with AMR voice clips
  • Email: Supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, and APOP protocols. Support for attachments (view jpeg, 3gp, MP3, .ppt, .doc, .xls, and .pdf files)
  • Text messaging: Supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
  • Presence-enhanced contacts: Check the status of your friends before you call them
  • Games: Phantom Spider Evolution
  • Javaâ„¢ Applications: Javaâ„¢ MIDP 2.0, Visual Radio, world clock, size converter, converter, email 3, translator
  • Supported file formats: Video ringing tones, MP3, AAC, 64-chord/voice polyphonic MIDI ringing tones
  • Pop-Portâ„¢ interface to USB
  • Bluetooth
  • Remote over-the-air (OTA) synchronization with SyncML
  • Local synchronization with PC using PC Suite
  • Browsing
  • WAP* 2.0 xHTML/HTML multimode browser
  • OMA Digital DRM 1.0 – including forward lock for content protection, combined delivery, separate delivery and superdistribution
  • EDGE*: Class B, multislot class 10
  • GPRS: Class B, multislot class 10
  • HSCSD (high-speed circuit-switched data)
  • Video streaming services
  • Exclusive UI themes
  • Voice dialing
  • Voice recorder
  • Integrated handsfree speaker

As withh all the L’mour collection phones the main feature of this one is cool looks. Retailing in the 300 Euros range before subsidies it doesn’t have any outstanding features, but overall package and impressive design makes it worthwhile contender in the field.

Similar Posts:]]> http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/27/cellphones-nokia-7370/feed/ 0 Nokia 7360 review. It’s all about looks http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/25/mobile-cell-phone-nokia-7360/ http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/25/mobile-cell-phone-nokia-7360/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:16:04 +0000 Staska http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/25/mobile-cell-phone-nokia-7360/ The first mobile phone to be released by Nokia from it’s L’amour collection is Nokia 7360. With a price tag of about 200 Euros it is targeted at lower end of the market and features:

  • Tri-band GSM coverage on up to five continents (GSM 900/1800/1900)
  • Weight: 92 g
  • Dimensions: 105 x 45 x 18 mm, 72 cc
  • 65,536 color, 128 x 160 pixel display
  • Series 40 user interface
  • 5-way joystick
  • Integrated VGA camera (0.3 megapixel)
  • Video recorder
  • Video player
  • FM stereo radio
  • 4 MB built-in memory
  • Multimedia messaging: MMS 1.2 for creating, receiving, editing, and sending videos and pictures with AMR voice clips
  • Email: Supports SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4 protocols. Support for attachments (view jpeg, 3gp, MP3, .ppt, .doc, excel, and .pdf files)
  • Text messaging: Supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
  • Flash messaging: Send and receive Flash messages that appear promptly on the phone screen
  • Presence-enhanced contacts: Check the status of your friends before you call them
  • Nokia Xpress audio messaging
  • Instant messaging (Chat)
  • Javaâ„¢ MIDP 2.0
  • Ringing Tones (MP3, True Tones, AAC, 24-chord/voice polyphonic MIDI)
  • Pop-Portâ„¢ connector
  • Infrared (IR)
  • Remote over-the-air (OTA) synchronization 1.1.2
  • Local synchronization with PC using PC Suite
  • WAP 2.0 xHTML/HTML multimode browser
  • OMA Digital DRM 1.0 – Including forward lock for content protection, combined delivery, separate delivery and superdistribution
  • EDGE*: Class B, multislot class 6
  • GPRS: Class B, multislot class 10
  • HSCSD (high-speed circuit-switched data)* / CSD (circuit-switched data)
  • Exclusive UI themes
  • Voice Features
  • Voice dialing
  • Voice commands
  • Voice recorder
  • Integrated handsfree speaker

It comes with a 760 mAH Li-ion battery that will give you up to hours talking and up to 450 hors standby time.

As you can see, it’s mainly the looks. If you are searching for a great looking candy bar cell phone mainly for talking, occasional photo and some data transfer, this might be a great choice. Otherwise it is too basic. You will not be able to get good photos with 0.3 megapixel camera. Only 4 megabytes non-upgradable memory will significantly limit what you can do with data and single MP3 ringtone will probably fill it to the limit.

Similar Posts:]]> http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/25/mobile-cell-phone-nokia-7360/feed/ 0 Nokia’s new Groove. Oh L’Amour… http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/23/mobile-phones-nokia-7360-7370-7380/ http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/23/mobile-phones-nokia-7360-7370-7380/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:29:39 +0000 Staska http://www.unwiredview.com/2006/02/23/mobile-phones-nokia-7360-7370-7380/ At the end of 2004 Nokia started a new trend of mobile phones with it’s art deco inspired Fashion Collection line. It featured Nokia 7260, 7270 and 7280 models. They were very well received among fashion conscious consumers. But what is new and trendy in 2004 is old and lame in 2006. Today these phones feel pretty outdated both in their features and design.

Don’t worry, when the novelty wears off and sales slump, we can count on Nokia to come up with something new. Here comes L’Amour collection.

In February Nokia started shipping it’s new fashion phones, announced last October. This is a direct continuation of Fashion Collection line, keeping the general style, design features and even the numbering scheme. To keep it fresh Nokia’s designers selected new golden and coffee brown color schemes added some goodies like improved cameras, mp3 players, FM tuners and got the buzz going among the trend conscious crowds around the world.

The sibling of 7280, Nokia 7380 will definitely get you noticed. Keeping it’s sticky appearance it runs on Series 40, has triband GSM/GPRS, 2 megapixel camera with a flash, 204×104 pixel display, MP3 player and the same keyless dial feature you will have to get used to. It will retail at about €500 before carrier subsidies.

Nokia 7370 model is the most different from it’s predecessors. Nokia finally bowed to the public demand and departed from the flip phone form factor of 7270 towards swivel design. The phone features 1.3 megapixel camera with 8x zoom, 2-inch QVGA color screen (320 x 240 pixels), stereo speakers with 3D sound effects and video ring tones. This cell phone will be available for €300 before subsidies.

Low end of L’amour line is filled with Nokia 7360 model. Nokia didn’t bother adding any cool features to this phone. Instead it chose to keep the old 7260 platform intact only adding mp3 playing capability and bigger screen to it. Retailing at $200 before subsidies it’s a solid phone focused on the users who do not care much about additional goodies. Nokia 7360 comes with 0.3 megapixel VGA camera, 4MB of memory, FM radio player and is able to use mp3 as a ringtones.

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