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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. Wow, karma for me?! by haunebu · · Score: 5, Informative
    I actually work for Nokia, and work near the designer who created its outer shell. (Got to see it last Winter). I never liked the phone myself, the screen's too small, and the keyboard makes the shape a bit awkward for me personally.


    Anyway, to end the controversy: Much like the Nokia Music Player, the 5510 plays both AAC (the proprietary, "secure" filetype) and MP3. The MP3 player is NOT crippled in any way. You copy the file from your PC to the player and that's that. (It holds 64MB, just like the regular Nokia Music Player).

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  3. it WON'T be marketed in the US! by steve.m · · Score: 5, Insightful

    so it won't upset the RIAA. why don't people check these things *before* posting them.
    see here for the availability and operating frequencies. duh!

  4. Re:hmm.. by kju · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did you read before posting? We are not talking about an phone with a mp3 player (i grant this is old) but about an phone which can RECORD mp3-files. Surely new technology. We are currently seeing the first portable mp3 recorders and here we have it included into a phone! Impressive technology and you say "no new features"?