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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian

The same wild and wacky Russians that demolished a Motorola ZN5 are showing the same courtesy to Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic. The so-called Crash Test involves putting Nokia’s first Comes With Music-enabled handset through a litany of horrible scenes, including a stay in the local freezer, a fall from grace, a ride in the washing machine, a dip in a freshly brewed beer and, of course, a crushing blow from a vehicle. The preview video is hosted up in the read link, and the full results of how it fared are promised in the near future. Let’s just say we’re betting the farm it doesn’t handle unlimited downloads, calls nor texts very well (read: at all) after this hellish experience.

[Thanks, Adam]

Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic gets torture tested, succumbs to the pain originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

Not that Nokia’s current Communicator is in need of a major refacing or anything, but we’re continuously up for some innovation. A recent patent application from the outfit showcases a completely bizarre four-way folding Communicator, chock full of hinges, keys and pixels. In fact, the verbiage spells out a future device consisting of “at least four device parts,” leaving open the option for a handset that miraculously unfolds to completely envelope you in a glass case of emotion. Hit the read link for the full dream spilled out in entirely too much detail.

[Via Cellpassion]

Nokia dreams up four-way folding Communicator originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, LG, GSM, EDGE

LG’s first ever dual-SIM handset will go down as being the completely forgettable KS660, like it or not. The touchscreen-centric mobile includes a 3-inch 400 x 240 resolution display, an integrated multimedia player, 50MB of inbuilt memory, a microSD expansion slot, FM radio, video recorder, Bluetooth 2.0, USB support and tri-band GSM connectivity. Sadly, you’ll only find support for EDGE data, and WiFi is casually omitted as well. Chances are you won’t find this one outside of China, Russia and a few nations in europ. when it launches in February, but we get the feeling it won’t be sorely missed in this place in America.

LG debuts dual-SIM KS660 overseas originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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