Sean Dodson 

Telephony is the least of it

Nokia has unveiled two radical new handsets at its annual mobile media conference this week
  
  


Nokia has unveiled two radical new handsets at its annual mobile media conference this week. First up is the 7700, an open-faced, touch-screen replacement for the company's Communicator range. The widescreen device, the first to sport the new Series 90 user interface, will be tailored for viewing and receiving video (making it, in effect, a portable TV) and the company expects a number of broadcast services to be online before the device goes on sale in spring. The handset, which also comes with an FM radio and 64MB of memory, will cost around £350.

Nokia also introduced the 7200, the company's first "clamshell" model. This style-conscious handset, costing around £320, comes with integrated camera, two screens, FM radio and a new service that will allow users to share their whereabouts. But the 7200's most innovative feature is that it comes clad not in plastic, but in a suede-like textile with leather strap. If Mondrian designed a mobile, it might look a bit like the 7200.

 

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