Nokia 8600 Themes

Nokia announced a experimental ultra high-end fashion telephone, the 8600 Luna. The Luna borrows a bit from the design of the 8800, nevertheless loses some of the 8800''s stainless rapier in favor of a smoked goblet. That''s right: glass. Whenever the smooth action slider is congested, the keypad is tenable behind dark, semi-opaque goblet where it softly pulsates in whatever Nokia describes as a heartbeat.

A telephone with a heartbeat; that''s anything we haven''t come astride before.

In terms of glasses, the quad-band GSM/EDGE 8600 Luna runs Nokia''s S40 consumer interface. It measures 107mm x 45mm x 16mm (4.2" x 1.8" x .6") and weighs a hard 143g (5oz). Its QVGA (240x320 pixel) show can generate 16 million alternate colors, and the 900mAh series that powers it all is rated for 10 existence of standby time or 3 hours and 40 notes of talk time.

The Luna has a 2 megapixel camera on board that tin also record 176x144 pixel videotape clips. The music performer application can handle MP3, AAC, AAC+, and eAAC+ media records. There appears to be no media card niche, as has been the case amongst the other 8000 sequence fashion phones.

One other important aspect of the experimental 8600 Luna is that it is the earliest Nokia device to brand use of the experimental micro-USB connector. This experimental connector, which is besides used by Motorola''s lately launched RAZR2 line, tin be used for either data and charging errands. That means that prospect Nokia and Motorola plans will be able to split chargers, something I for myself am very pleased about.

While Nokia hasn''t announced goal markets for the 8600 Luna, its quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity bodes anyway for North American customers. The downside to that is the detail that Nokia expects the machine to sell unsubsidized for 700EUR (apropos US$940) when it starts carrying this June. For the instant, at least, the 8600 Luna behest only be available in black.