AT&T and Nokia have announced the upcoming availability of the newest full QWERTY Symbian S60 device for the nation's second-largest wireless carrier. The Nokia Surge is a "socially supercharged smartphone," taking advantage of AT&T's 3G network. The device is a sort of side-sliding QWERTY phone, and though its price and unusual design seem to target the growing consumer crowd looking for a simpler messaging device, the phone will use Nokia's Symbian S60 operating system, which lands it clearly in smartphone territory.
With its Symbian smartphone prowess, the phone will have an impressive feature set for a consumer-level device. The phone will use an advanced Web browser with Flash support to view sites in full HTML or watch YouTube videos. Additionally, AT&T will supply the phone with their popular network features, including AT&T Navigator for GPS navigation, AT&T Music for Napster music support, and AT&T Video Share for one-way video conference-like calling.
Beyond the smartphone OS, it's clear that Nokia isn't positioning this phone against their high-end Nseries or Eseries devices, like the Nokia E71x on AT&T. Instead, hardware specs will be more in line with basic feature phones. The phone will use a 2-megapixel camera for pictures and Video Share capabilities. The phone will ship with a Juicecaster app on board for multimedia uploads to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. Also, the phone will use a somewhat meager 2.4-inch display running at QVGA, or 240 by 320 pixel, resolution.
The design for the phone is somewhat, err, unique. In photographs, it doesn't seem to us to be the most appealing device, though it certainly looks unusual, and that alone may attract an audience. The device marks a stylistic departure for Nokia from their usual classic / sleek candybar and smartphone look. Still, the phone gets some familiar Nokia details, such as the application switcher button, which should allow users to run multiple apps in the background.
The new Nokia Surge will be available online and in AT&T store this coming weekend, on July 19, with a launch price of $130. Customers who sign up for a $40 voice plan and $30 monthly data plan will also be eligible for a $50 mail-in rebate, which will be paid in the form of an AT&T Promotion Card.
With its Symbian smartphone prowess, the phone will have an impressive feature set for a consumer-level device. The phone will use an advanced Web browser with Flash support to view sites in full HTML or watch YouTube videos. Additionally, AT&T will supply the phone with their popular network features, including AT&T Navigator for GPS navigation, AT&T Music for Napster music support, and AT&T Video Share for one-way video conference-like calling.
Beyond the smartphone OS, it's clear that Nokia isn't positioning this phone against their high-end Nseries or Eseries devices, like the Nokia E71x on AT&T. Instead, hardware specs will be more in line with basic feature phones. The phone will use a 2-megapixel camera for pictures and Video Share capabilities. The phone will ship with a Juicecaster app on board for multimedia uploads to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. Also, the phone will use a somewhat meager 2.4-inch display running at QVGA, or 240 by 320 pixel, resolution.
The design for the phone is somewhat, err, unique. In photographs, it doesn't seem to us to be the most appealing device, though it certainly looks unusual, and that alone may attract an audience. The device marks a stylistic departure for Nokia from their usual classic / sleek candybar and smartphone look. Still, the phone gets some familiar Nokia details, such as the application switcher button, which should allow users to run multiple apps in the background.
The new Nokia Surge will be available online and in AT&T store this coming weekend, on July 19, with a launch price of $130. Customers who sign up for a $40 voice plan and $30 monthly data plan will also be eligible for a $50 mail-in rebate, which will be paid in the form of an AT&T Promotion Card.
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