Monday, February 25, 2013

Nokia launches 105 & 301 handset for Nigeria and others


Running on the Nokia Series 30 platform, the Nokia 105 features a color screen and will be available in cyan or black models. It will serve as the successor to the Nokia 1280 (which has a black and white screen), which shifted in excess of 100 million units since it was launched in March 2010. As with the 1280, the new Nokia 105 will be aimed primarily at emerging markets and it will go on sale around the world, including China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Vietnam and other markets in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.
Features: The handset will feature an FM radio, speaking clock and built-in flashlight (which beams out the top of the device), as well as “up to” 35 days on standby (12.5 hours talk time). We had a brief hands-on with the device and, well, it was extremely lightweight. It could actually serve as a fairly reliable second handset for those looking for basic mobile phone functions and who won’t have access to charging facilities for extended periods.
The Nokia 301, which runs on the Nokia Series 40 platform and features 3.5G (HSPA) and a smart camera. The Nokia 301 features a 3.2MP camera with a range of image-capture, editing and sharing options, including ‘panorama’ for wide-angle snaps and group photos, letting you stitch together individually shot photos to create a single scene. It also lets you snap five frames in a row by clicking once, thereby giving the change to pick the best of the bunch.
One particularly interesting feature was the self-portrait mode, which helps users snap themselves with the rear-facing camera (there isn’t a front one), with voice prompts guiding the user to position the phone correctly without needing to see the screen.  Nokia 310 comes with ‘Slam’ for sharing pictures and other content and the range will only be available in India, China, Indonesia, Nigeria and shortly Kenya.nextweb

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