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We’ve yet to see an official announcement for Nokia’s all-but-real C7 with Symbian^3, but let’s be honest: wouldn’t you rather see a few more leaked shots of it posing next to a nip of Chivas Regal anyway? Of course you would, and Chinese site zol.com.cn has your number along with a few thoughts on the device: it’s got a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display, 8 megapixel camera sans Carl Zeiss branding (a nod to the fact that the Nseries will still reign supreme for photography), dual LED flash, and a pretty meager 1,200mAh battery, presumably to keep the shell sexy and slim. It’s unclear when we might see Nokia finally fess up to the C7’s existence, but Nokia World in the middle of next month seems like an obvious target; stay tuned.

Nokia C7 leaks again in press-quality photo shoot originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia has just revealed its X3-02 handset, which does the unthinkable and marries a relatively standard 16-button keypad with a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen. Now, we might have our reservations about Nokia’s S40 OS being able to translate to a touch-friendly UI, but the beauty of this phone is that touch comes as essentially a free extra rather than the fundamental navigation paradigm. It’s augmented with 3G, 802.11n WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, and the whole thing is wrapped within a 9.6mm-thin brushed aluminum shell. All that, and the X3-02 will only cost €125 (before sales taxes and subsidies, as usual) when it launches later this quarter. See it on video after the break.

Update: Nokia has informed us the X3-02 uses a resistive touchscreen, no real surprise given its price.

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Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type puts a touchscreen on your Series 40 featurephone originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s unlikely the Nokia Kinetic will actually ever make it to widespread production, but the idea of a phone that rests flat on a surface when not in use but stands to display the screen to you when you get an incoming call is an interesting one. The Kinetic is actually a concept from Jeremy Innes-Hopkins, a design student who wanted to create a truly unique looking telephone. What makes the Kinetic special however is the rounded bottom that controls the way the phone rests, and how it stands up when you get a phone call or tap the screen to make it stand up.  

The device looks like just about any other smartphone at first glance, with a nice large screen and buttons at the bottom of the face. It even has spots on the side for camera capture and mini-USB for charging and data, and a camera on the back. The idea of a phone that can stand on its own both to alert you to calls and to make it easier to watch movies is a fun one, even if it’s unlikely to ever appear on store shelves.

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It wasn’t that long ago that T-Mobile USA launched Nokia’s venerable 5230 as the Nuron, but you’ve got to admit — with a mug only a mother could love, Nokia owed it to itself to get cracking on a prettier replacement. On that note, we’ve got a shot of an alleged model 5250 today, sporting the same button configuration as the 5230; considering the gargantuan bezel, we’re figuring on a smallish screen, which points to the low end of the touchscreen spectrum — right where a proper 5230 successor would belong. Thing is, we’d figured Nokia was moving away from the four-digit naming convention for its smartphones altogether — in other words, we’d expect this new device fit somewhere between the C5 and C6 — so it’s unclear whether this is real and represents a current, non-canceled model in the product pipeline. It’s not going to turn any heads, of course — but if Nokia were able to push this for something crazy like $120 off contract, it’d be hard to ignore.

Nokia 5250 set to replace the 5230, turn the ugly dial down from 10 to 6? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Can you believe we’ve waited on the N8 long enough for (at least) three KIRF versions to beat it to market? This latest one’s pretty special too, as it gives us a glimpse into one of the fevered dream of Engadget commenters: a Nokia flagship rocking Android (2.1, in this case). The iZiNN CJ-3 copies the N8’s form factor, styling, and 3.5-inch screen, but throws in an upgrade of its own by going with a higher-res 800 x 480 capacitive panel. Yeah, we’re shocked too. A 5 megapixel imager, a budget Rockchip CPU, and an HDMI port fill out the rest of the known specs, while a release in China is expected some time later this month. Anyone know why this thing isn’t being built and sold by a legitimate manufacturer?

[Thanks, Ludger]

Keepin’ it real fake: Nokia’s Android N8 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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