Nokia 5510 - Cell Phone and More

Posted by michael on Thursday October 11, 2001 @12:45AM from the fumbling-toward-the-perfect-handheld dept.

matthew.thompson writes: "Nokia have released a phone to give the RIAA nightmares - it includes built in MP3 playing AND encoding and an FM stereo radio - so you can MP3 up tracks from the Radio or from an external source via a line in jack. It's also got a full qwerty style keyboard and GameBoy Advance style layout. RIAA headache inducing features here and piccies etc here." I'm not quite sure how this works - Nokia's page says the gizmo plays "secure" mp3 files, which sounds to me as if it is crippled. Here are some hi-res photos. Update: 10/11 12:59 GMT by M : Ahh, my misreading. It says "secure AAC and MP3 files", and apparently "secure" is intended to apply only to AAC. According to the FAQ, the phone is crippled - only stores crippled AAC files, not unencumbered mp3's. A shame.

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Re:Why? by yatest5 · 2001-10-11 01:00 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Don't buy one then?

I don't want one of these so it sucks?

MOD THIS GUY UP!!!
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Re:Rights management by sulli · 2001-10-11 04:01 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Fuck that!

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RTFJ.