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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

Nokia’s 5800 “Tube” handset hasn’t precisely been Makethe bes. job staying under cover, and it’s at this time turned up yet again to offer another sign of its presumably imminent launch, this time in a poster for Germany’s SMS Shop. Somewhat curiously, the touchscreen-based device (S60, specifically) is at this time apparently branded with the XpressMusic moniker, rather than XpressMedia, although your guess is as good as ours as to what that might indicate. Otherwise, the only tidbits the poster has to offer is that the device does in fact boast WLAN and HSDPA capabilities, although given that all the other phones in the poster have been officially declare, it seems safe to bet that we should be hearing more about the 5800 straight from Nokia sooner rather than later.

[Thanks, Dax]

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Filed under: Software, Nokia, Symbian, Misc

Not like we were really suspecting any issues or anything, but the European Commission has just made public its “unconditional approval” of Nokia’s “voluntary tender offer for all the shares in Trolltech ASA.” In other words, Nokia’s acquisition of Trolltech is officially complete, with today being the final day in which the latter company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Such a cute couple, don’t you think?

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Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, GSM, EDGE

Just when you thought Sony’s barrage of new kit from CommunicAsia was finally slowing up, along comes another pair of handsets to prove us all wrong. First up is the simplistic J132, designed to do little more than talk, text, resist dust and tune into FM radio stations. Still, the 9-hours of talk time (450 in standby) is much appreciated. The K330 steps it up by including Bluetooth and a video capture mode, not to mention the 1.7-inch display, VGA camera and Health mate application. The J132 will be available in Night Black and Heaven Blue for “chosen markets” in Q4, while the K330 arrives in Gold on Black / Green on Black a quarter earlier. Keep an eye out for the J132a and K330a, Bot. of which support GSM 850 / 1900 bands for the US market.

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