Nokia’s 6620 imaging phone is optimized for high-speed EDGE networks (used by AT&T/Cingular) and is coming to America. The photophone features a 65,000 color TFT screen, still and video capture with an integrated VGA camera and real-time video streaming over the EDGE network using a built-in RealOne mobile player. Russell Beattie has more details.
The Symbian OS-based Series 60 platform allows for the creation of richer applications including business and productivity tools such as mobile e-mail, over-the air synchronization of PDA data, a fully integrated Internet browser (HTML 4.01, XHTML/CSS and WML), and a wide selection of third-party applications.
The Nokia 6620 imaging phone has over 40MB of memory in its standard configuration. E-mail and instant messaging clients support efficient text communication. It can also support VPN clients for access behind corporate firewalls. It also features multi-media SMIL for integrating images, sounds and text into a single MMS message. An integrated image uploader allows pictures to be sent directly to Internet-based photo services.
The high-speed EDGE network enables the Nokia 6620 imaging phone to deliver real-time video streaming directly to the user. The built in RealOne mobile player can access the large existing base of Real formatted video content and new 3GPP content designed specifically for mobile devices.
The Nokia 6620 imaging phone (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) is expected to be available during the second quarter of 2004.
Nokia’s 9500 Communicator phone will combines EDGE (cellular) networking with built-in WiFi (802.11b) networking. It’s expected in Q4 of 2004. Other Wi-Fi phones from Motorola are also expected. They’ll use Microsoft’s Smartphone OS.
“The first music video shot entirely on a Nokia 3650” is available at Textamerica.
MPEG-4 encoding products include Real’s Helix Mobile Producer which supports RealMedia, 3GPP and 3GPP2 and Apple’s MPEG-4 products like Quicktime Broadcaster which also supports 3GPP and 3GPP2, the worldwide standards for the creation, delivery and playback of multimedia over 3rd generation, high-speed wireless networks.
In other news, the Spyphone, rings and operates as a normal telephone. But when a previously programmed spyphone number is called, it automatically answers without any ringing and the display appears in ordinary standby. You can listen to room conversations when you are away.
