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Nokia hasn’t released a phone with a 12 Megapixel photocamera yet, although the rumors claim that there is one to be launched soon in the market. People thought the Nokia N87 would have been the first model to feature that 12 Megapixel photocamera.

But according to more rumors, the 12 Megapixel photocamera phone will be called Nokia N8. The French site Tom’s Guide has revealed that the Nokia N8 (Or Nokia N8-99) will be launched during the first half ot 2010, as the first phone featuring Symbian^3.

The Nokia N8 should have a 3.5″ touchscreen display and record HD videos at 720p and an HDMI port.

One year after the announcement of the Nokia 6303 classic, the reviewed modle, the 6303i Classic is officially announced. The model is a review of the previous 6303, offering more features and different colors.

The main difference between the 6303i and the previous model is that the new model will feature 55MB of internal memory and a 2GB MicroSD included. The Nokia 6303i offers tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, a 2.2″ QVGA display with 16 million colors, a 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth, FM radio with RDS, Web browser and 3.2 Megapixel photocamera with autofocus and LED flash.

The Nokia 6303i will be available in most markets from the first trimester of this year. The price should be around €105 without taxes.

The competition is one of the best things for clients. It generates more choices and it makes companies create new strategies in order to become competitive in the market. If nowadays the technology field doesn’t have too many options that companies can choose in order to be competitive, as most technologies are available to every company, the only other choice is on prices.

And in order to compete against Sony Ericsson and Samsung, Nokia has decided to lower the prices on their own phones. According to a press-release, the prices will be 10% lower soon. The company has decided to adopt this strategy in order to reach the mark of 458 million phones sold in 2010. According to experts, the cellphone market will have a 10% increase this year.

With a surprise move, Nokia has decided to release the GPS navigation for free with their very good product, Ovi Maps. In fact,     despite the software being pre-installed in most Nokia smartphones with GPS, up till the announcement, users needed to buy a license in order to use the vocal guide.

Available in 74 countries and 46 languages,the vocal guides for the GPS navigation are now free, the same as the maps from 180 countries. The Ovi Maps is compatible with several devices, such as: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97, Nokia E72, among others, and from March 2010 on, it’ll come preinstalled in all new devices.

It didn’t take long for Nokia to confirm the rumors this time: the Firmware 40.0.005 for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was released, and it brings the kinetic scrolling feature to all the menus on the phone, amongst other things.

We’re still waiting on an official changelog, but we remind you all to backup the phone just for safety reasons. The update is only available for now through the Nokia Software Updater.

After the last important update for the Nokia N86 which arrived last October and implemented facial recognition, the device gets yet a new firmware. The photographic device, which has received the award of best cameraphone of 2009 from TIPA thanks to its 8 Megapixel photocamera receives a minor update. The new update is less than 700 KB heavy if downloaded directly from the smartphone.

For now we don’t know the bugfixes, but it’s always good to make a safety backup before updating the firmware. Also, another update seems to be coming for another model, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, with a firmware that adds kinetic scrolling and other new features. The new update is currently on its testing phase and will be released soon.

Nokia adds a new model to their CDMA list to be launched on the Japanese market, called Nokia 6788, for the CDMA networks (hence Asia and United States). It’s a device that features a classic and compact design, measuring 106 x 55 x 19mm and weighing 158g, with a 2.8″ TFT display with the resolution of 240 x 320 and capable of visualizing 16,7 million colors and a standby autonomy of 200 hours (3 hours in conversation).

It also features a 4 GB internal memory, expandable with microSD cards up to 8GB, multimedia player, radio FM, 5 Megapixel photocamera with digital zoom, autofocus and double LED flash.

We have the first image for the Nokia 7230, a new slidephone from Nokia. The image comes from the FCC, the American organization that is in charge of approving devices that use radio waves.

The Nokia 7230 has a 2.4″ display with the resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, a 3.2 Megapixel photocamera, internal memory expandable with microSD cards, FM radio and bluetooth. The price in the USA will be of around $150.

After launching the 5230 model, Nokia has announced that another entry-level touchscreen will be added to the list at the beginning of 2010. The device is called 5235 and it’s very similar to its predecessor, differing only in the materials used in manufacturing.

Among the main technical features, there’s the 3.2″ display and a 2 Megapixel photocamera. The OS should be the Symbian S60 5th Edition, and the price should be around €145 without taxes.

Nokia had a great idea in combining the lower-end of the market with the GPS devices, bringing the 2710 Navigation Edition to life. A cellphone with very basic features, it has an integrated GPS and the Nokia Maps application saved on the 2GB microSD that comes with the cellphone.

Other features are: 2.2″ screen, 2 Megapixel photocamera, FM radio and a battery that guarantees 4.2 hours in conversation and 18 days in standby. The price should be around €100 without taxes. We’ll leave you to a video and some pictures for the new device. Enjoy!

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