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Filed under: Nokia, Misc

Crave UK had a chance to check out Nokia’s 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte luxury sliders recently, and the reviewer discovered one… uh, “feature” of the Sapphire model not shared by its inexpensive (but still very, very pricey) sibling. The box — it’s colossal. Not for any reason, mind you; no, Nokia just saw fit to line up the accessories contained within in a very linear, spaced-out fashion. Pretty weird for a Greenpeace-praised company with an obsession for everything environmental, isn’t it?

[Thanks, T.I.]

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Filed under: Culture, Handsets, Nokia

We’re used to seeing fashion-centric devices bedecked in jewels all the time, but the E90 is pretty much exclusively the domain of the business set, and we’re having a hard time imagining Joe Stock Broker going, like, totally crazy over this pimped version. The Nokia phone has been set with 408 diamonds and an 18 carat white gold shell by Peter Aloisson and retails for around $80k. Yeah, Joe Stocks is really plan to flip. We have nothing more to add, other than our traditional, time-worn plea to Nokia: please release a 3G version of this phone in the States, we swear it’s not too late.

[Via NokNok]

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Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson

There certainly hasn’t been any shortage of XPERIA X1 details to emerge since the desirable device was first declare back in February, but those still looking for something to whet their appetite until they can actually get their hands on one can at this time get their fix courtesy of a new white paper released by Sony Ericsson, which packs a bundle of engaging attention new tidbits. That includes details on the pre-loaded XPERIA panels, along with word of DLNA-compatible media sharing via ActiveSync or WiFi, details on the video recording recording options (30fps MPEG-4 and30fps H.263, Bot. VGA), and confirmation that the only browser included will be Internet Explorer. Also according to the white paper, you can expect Google Maps and Java ME to be installed by default, and you’ll get Exchange Direct Push email built-in, with setup wizards provided for Gmail, Yahoo, and Live Hotmail. What’s more, as Inxperia points out, there is also a noticeable lack of 1700MHz support, although we doubt that’ll be a deal-breaker for too many folks.

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