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Filed under: Handsets, Peripherals, Sony Ericsson, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

Hey, hey, just as expected out pops Sony Ericsson’s latest Walkman from the rumor mill. The quad-band W705 (aka RIKA, the G705 clone) with UMTS/HSPA 900/2100 support shares the same Clear Bass / Clear Stereo audio quality found in the W980 Walkman while packing DLNA-certified WiFi, shake control and SensMe music manipulation, a “large” (uh, hardly by today’s standards) 2.4-inch display, 4GB of bundled memory card storage, an FM radio, 3.2 megapixel camera, Google Maps, and an accelerometer for what’s quickly becoming a ubiquitous auto-rotating display feature on cellphones. It also packs Bluetooth, allowing it to stream audio out to the newly declare MBS-900 Bluetooth speaker. You know, if you’re a fan of compressed audio and short battery life. Just sayin’s all. Bot. will be available in chosen markets as of Q1 of the new year.

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Tags: Accelerometer, Audio Quality, Battery Life, Cellphones, Engadget Mobile, Ericsson Gsm, Fm Radio, Google, Gsm Edge, Handsets, Hsdpa, Mbs, Memory Card Storage, Pops, Q1, Quad Band, Rumor Mill, Sony Ericsson, Sony Gsm, Sony Walkman

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

We were continuously curious why a device that (at least on paper) was superior in a lot of ways to Nokia’s N96 wasn’t trumpeted as the outfit’s flagship device, but nevertheless, an Italian reviewer has made us feel a touch better about our previously ludicrous thoughts. After spending a solid fortnight with the phone, the critic felt comfortable deeming the N85 a “very, very beautiful” handset, also noting that it was “definitely the bes. Symbian [device]” out there. He even went out of his way to recommend the N85 over the N96 so long as you’re cool without DVB-H or a super-snazzy camera. As if you really needed more, he also found the OLED display to be spectacular, the audio quality very satisfactory and the GPS / multimedia functions to be top-notch. Wait, is that the N96 we hear crying? There’s no crying in Espoo!

[Via All About Symbian]

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Tags: Audio Quality, Dvb, Espoo, Flagship, Fortnight, Gps, Gsm Edge, Multimedia Functions, Nbsp, Nokia, Nokia Gsm, Nokia Symbian, Oled Display, Symbian Device, Top Notch

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

We were continuously curious why a device that (at least on paper) was superior in a lot of ways to Nokia’s N96 wasn’t trumpeted as the outfit’s flagship device, but nevertheless, an Italian reviewer has made us feel a touch better about our previously ludicrous thoughts. After spending a solid fortnight with the phone, the critic felt comfortable deeming the N85 a “very, very beautiful” handset, also noting that it was “definitely the bes. Symbian [device]” out there. He even went out of his way to recommend the N85 over the N96 so long as you’re cool without DVB-H or a super-snazzy camera. As if you really needed more, he also found the OLED display to be spectacular, the audio quality very satisfactory and the GPS / multimedia functions to be top-notch. Wait, is that the N96 we hear crying? There’s no crying in Espoo!

[Via All About Symbian]

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Tags: Audio Quality, Dvb, Espoo, Flagship, Fortnight, Gps, Gsm Edge, Multimedia Functions, Nbsp, Nokia, Nokia Gsm, Nokia Symbian, Oled Display, Symbian Device, Top Notch