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It was only a matter of time before transferring over to a server and its just started Phoneomenon.com is the new site to get the latest reviews, news, and information about mobile phones!  Ill still try to author both sites, but phoneomenon.com has everything up to date with posts daily.

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Nokia E75 Live shots!

One day after Symbian-Freak leaked the Nokia promo video for the E75 and E72, he is able to bless our eyes with live shots of the E75. Too bad no shots of it with the slide out keyboard open. Looks good, lots of chrome. Enjoy!

S60.com sends some schwag!

I came home a couple nights ago to find a mysterious package that had been dropped off by UPS. I inspected the package finding no indication from where it had been sent from.  But without hesitation seeing my name on it I ripped open the package. Inside I found that S60.com had sent me some schwag!!! Included in the package was:

• Notepad
• Mini Notebook
• 2 pens
• Widsets catalog
• Widsets keychain
• Mobile Screen cleaner
• stickers
• USB hub
• T-shirt
• Necklace/Neck Lanyard

Overall pretty cool and unexpected, thanks S60!

Loose Keyboard on the E71, how many affected?

It’s been a month or two since the E71-1 was released globally and about a week since the release of the E71-2 and I think it’s time to ask, is your keyboard loose? When I received my review E71-1 I was wowed by the build quality: the metal, gloss, the weight, the keyboard, the keyboard? It’s one of the most important parts of the phone, yet it was flawed. I noticed that the top portion of the keyboard was loose. It was floating above the keys. Maybe since the E-71 had passed through so many hands that it had become loose. When my E71-2 arrived at my door (rather I had to pick it up from FedEx) one of the first things I inspected was the keyboard. To my relief it was normal; flat against the unit with no signs of looseness. So is this a manufacturing defect or just a case of misuse. So I throw the question to YOU the readers. Is your unit affected with a loose keyboard? Chime In!!! PS. If you don’t know what I’m referring to I’ve included a sample video that I took of both the units I had in my possession. Enjoy!

Right: E71-1 (defect) | Left: E71-2 (no defect)

 

 

Nokia Unveils 8800 Carbon Arte!

Nokia has added a new handset to the high end line up with the introduction of the Carbon Arte.  This phone offers the same design as previous Arte’s but with carbon fiber intergrated into the handset and storage memory increased to 4gb memory.  Those not familiar with the 8800 lineup here are some of the specs below:

• 2 inch 16 million color OLED
• 3.2MP camera
• Unique outer casing built from steel, glass, titanium, and carbon fiber
• 3G
• 4GB of internal storage

Although not the most feature rich phone, the look/styling will make up for that.

Nokia E66-1 Review

Hello World! I have been trialing the E66 for about a week now and I must say the similarities between the E66 and the E71 are uncanny.  I call the E66 the little brother but in reality I believe they are both equal more like twin brothers with different characteristics.  Even with all the similarities though there are enough differences that set this phone apart.  Lets explore these and find what sets the E66 apart from the E71.  Enjoy!

Nokia E66 Initial Thoughts.

I’ve been using the Nokia E-66 for a week and I must say this device is well….  There are some things that I don’t care for but here are my initial thoughts, any questions about the device leave a comment below and I’ll get to it.
Enjoy!

Pros:

• The unit is sturdy (steel body helps to reduce creaks)
• Great applications like the E-71
• Great slide (no wobble, unlike the N95)
• Call quality is reasonable
• Bright clear screen

Cons:

• Speaker position on the bottom of the unit
• Speaker size on the unit (The speaker is too small to handle robust sounds)
• Auto Rotate of the screen does not work well
• Volume rocker doesn’t feel well defined (I’m always hitting the center button to increase or decrease volume)
• Reception is not stable.
• The camera although worked well the first few days now starts up everything in the viewfinder upside down.

Full Review coming soon!!!

Nokia E71 and E66 Side x Side

Thought I would post some pictures of the E71 and the E66 side by side.  Enjoy!

Nokia E66 Grey Gallery!

The E66-1 arrived in the morning a few days ago and Ill be posting a full review later in the week.  But for now I’ve uploaded some visuals , Enjoy!!!!!

Nokia N85 FCC Approved and has U.S. 3G!

The FCC has leaked more info on the mysterious Nokia N85 handset (although labeled on the faceplate N00, the FCC label shows N85).  Not much is known how this handset will be positioned compared to the release of the impending beast, the N96 (Oct. release)  But it seems as though this will be a baby N96, or a revamped N95. Enjoy! The specs as follows:

• Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and tri-band WCDMA (U.S. 3G (850/1900) sorry T-Mobile)
• 320×240 pixel QVGA Display
• 5 megapixel camera with auto focus
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• GPS
• Dual Slide