Nokia 5510 - Cell Phone and More

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:Finally - a full keyboard

[Tassach]

The USA killed ~7000 innocent Somalian civilians in -93 while failing to kill one single warlord.

Would those be the same "innocent civilians" who were running around with assault rifles and anti-tank weapons, hijacking food convoys, shooting down helicopters, and ambushing our troops? I'm sure that MSGT Gary Gordon and SFC Randall Shughart, who were posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing the crew of a downed helicopter, would disagree with your characterization of their killers as "innocent civilians".