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Nokia 5510 - Cell Phone and More

Posted by michael on 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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  1. Hmm. by serial+frame · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Devices that do everything are usually pushed aside in favour of an individual device that does something.

    I like that kind of 'modularity'.

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  2. hmm.. by XyouthX · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't like how this cell phone that doesn't really have any new features at all (phones with mp3 players have been available for almost 2 years).
    get this much exposure, while the technically more interesting solutions (GPRS, built in bluetooth, POP3 and SMTP client etc.) like the Ericsson T39 and the upcoming T68 doesn't.

    the only thing new about this thing is the keyboard and the poor stand by time.