Last week Nokia rolled out two new phones: the Nokia N97 Mini and the Nokia X6.
Both are 3G touchscreen devices which come with a 5 megapixel digital camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and a GPS. Both also include the latest proprietary Ovi social networking, Ovi mapping, and Comes With Music music software.
The N97 Mini is obviously just a scaled-down version of the N97 that came out recently, with a smaller casing (4.4" x 2" x 0.5") and not as much internal memory (8 GB). It runs on Symbian's 5th edition OS and has a built-in FM transmitter.
The X6 is looking to be Nokia's next flagship music smartphone. It has 32 GB of internal storage, meaning it'll hold tons of songs (much like another leading music phone we know of). The Comes With Music software allows users unlimited music downloads.
Most devices look to be running U.S. customers in the mid-$600 range when they first come out.
No doubt in response to Apple’s broad-sweeping (and industry dominating) success with mobile music offered through iTunes Mobile and the iPhones, telephony stalwart Nokia has introduced a new product/service (which is which these days – can anybody tell anymore?) called “Comes With Music”
“Comes With Music” provides compatible Nokia smartphone purchasers (starting with the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic “Comes with Music Phone” a full year of unlimited access to the entire music catalog of Nokia’s Music Store (honestly, I didn’t even know they had one).
In cooperation with Sony BMG, Universal Music Group (UMG), and Warner Music, Nokia is granting its customers access to more than 2 million tracks. And most excitingly, customers will apparently be able to continue to possess and listen to all the music they download using the service even after their one year subscription period expires.
A novel concept and a worthy attempt to compete with the near monopolistic iTunes Music Store (and more specifically iTunes Mobile), the new effort debuts in the UK sometime after its official announcement and launching scheduled in London, England on October 2.
