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Nokia N76 goes on a diet
Say what you like, but thin is in. Even Nokia acknowledges this trend with its latest offering, the Nokia N76. The N76 is very similar to the RAZR and Sanyo Katana at first glance, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The N76 ships with the highly acclaimed S60 (3rd Edition) Symbian OS, offering unparalleled speed during navigation and a host of features which range from music playback to a decent Web-browsing experience.
What are the other goodies that come with the N76? For starters, you get a 2 megapixel camera and a microSD expansion slot. Nokia expects to release the N76 sometime in Q1 2007 with a yet undisclosed carrier partnership or price. Check out the list below for the complete set of features.
• Digital music player supporting Windows DRM along with MP3/WAV/MIDI/M4A/AAC/eAAC+/WMA with playlists, stereo FM radio
• Standard 3.5 mm headset jack
• Connectivity & Data Services
• Mini-USB with USB 2.0 Full Speed
• Bluetooth specification 2.0
• Dual-mode WCDMA2100/EGSM850/900/1800/1900 MHz or EDGE only: EGSM850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• User Interface: S60 3rd Edition
• Dimensions: 106.5mm x 52mm x 13.7mm (L x W x H)
• Weight: 115g
• Standby time: Up to 200 hours
• Talk time: Up to 165 mins
• Main display: 2.4″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
• Cover display: 1.36″ (160×128) with up to 262k colors
• Battery: Nokia Battery (BL-4B)
• Memory: Up to 26 MB internal memory and support for optional hot swap microSD of up to 2GB
• Image resolution: Up to 2 megapixel (1600 x 1200)
• Video resolution: Up to QVGA at 15 fps
• Image capture: JPEG up to 16.7 million / 24-bit color
• Video capture: Up to 15 fps
Now here is an interesting leaked render of what is allegedly known as the Nokia C1, which is supposed to be the next smartphone which will feature the Nokia logo – never mind the fact that the Finnish company had already sold its smartphone business to Microsoft some time back. Well, the most interesting aspect about this leaked render would be the fact that it sports an Android operating system on the foreground, while another model hiding behind it looks as though it runs on Windows 10 Mobile.
Does this mean that we will have to face not one, but two variants of the same device? Only time will be able to tell, but for the moment, it will be an agonizing wait until 2016 as that is when the alleged Nokia C1 smartphone will launch then.
So, you happen to be rocking to one of the older Lumia handsets from Nokia, and would love to check out what all the hoo-haa is about concerning Windows 10 Mobile. If you happen to live in Poland, then here is a spot of good news for you to kick start your week – the Windows 10 Mobile update will be heading to the likes of the Lumia 630, 635, 640, 735, and 830 this coming December 14, whereas those who happen to be making use of the Lumia 520, 532, 625, 720, 820, 920, 925, 930, 1020, and 1320, will have to wait until February 1st next year.
Again, bear in mind that the Windows 10 Mobile update will only affect those smartphones which were purchased from Orange in Poland, so if you happen to own any of the above mentioned devices but from different people, then you would have to give the updates a miss.
A quick look at the calendar shows that we are still in March – early March, in fact, and April is still some ways of. Still, this has not stopped the fact that an alleged leak of a Nokia 1100 has been benchmarked, and in that particular benchmark, it revealed that the Nokia 1100 would sport Android 5.0 Lollipop as the mobile operating system version of choice – how cool would that be if it were to be true?
Other hardware specifications in the alleged leaked benchmark sheet point to a quad-core MT6582 processor which has been clocked at 1.3GHz, a 720p resolution display, and most probably 512MB RAM. We would take this bit of information with more than just a pinch of salt – perhaps and entire tablespoonful.