Nokia Kiosk at Alderwood

Posted by Scott Laird Sun, 09 Oct 2005 04:26:44 GMT

I got dragged to Alderwood Mall (just north of Seattle) today and discovered that they have a Nokia Kiosk just southwest of the Apple store. This seems to be run by Nokia itself, not a carrier or reseller, and they had a wide range of phones available, including the 6682 and 9300–the highest-end phones that Nokia is currently shipping in the US.

I didn’t ask, but I hope they’ll have the N90 and N70 later this year. I don’t expect to see the N91 in the US for another 6 months or so, but maybe they’ll have it eventually; it’d be really nice to be able to look one over before I have to decide if I’m going to order one or not.

After playing with the 6682 for a couple minutes, I’d love to see the N90’s display. The 6682’s display was much higher-resolution then I’d expected, and the the N90 has four times as many pixels in about the same space (416x352, 2.1” diagonal). I’m really curious what a 260 DPI LCD looks like. Not that I’d really like the phone, but I’d love to see the screen.

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Nokia's selling phones directly to US consumers now

Posted by Scott Laird Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:28:10 GMT

Om says that the Nokia 6682 is now availably directly from Nokia’s website for $599. The 6682 is Nokia’s current high-end business phone–you can spend more on one of their communicator models or on a fashion phone, but if you’re looking for a regular phone with lots of features, the 6682’s about as good as you’re going to do in GSM-land.

The site that started this also mentions that the Nokia N90 is nearly available. The N90 is basically a specialized camera-phone, with a real lens and a formfactor that’s designed to make the camera more usable. It also has the highest-resolution screen that I’ve ever seen on a phone–352x416. If it had WiFi like the N91, then I’d probably be drooling over it. As it is, I’m waiting to see what’s available in February when my current Cingular plan runs out. If the N91 actually includes a SIP client (as has been rumored), then I’ll be very tempted.

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