Product Announcements At Nokia World 2009

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, this is mostly known news to you by now.  And no, in case you’re wondering, I was not fortunate nor rich enough to be in Stuttgart for the event, though I watched it live (that was how I got the information to share with you on Twitter).  Without boring you too much, here’s what was confirmed:

1. Nokia N97 Mini, rumoured for some time now, but only just acknowledged officially.  Smaller version of N97, minus the navigation directional pad.  Smaller screen.  Bigger memory.  In a word, better than the N97 except the screen.  Price: €450, approximately RM 2,270.
2. Nokia Booklet 3G = Nokia’s first netbook, running Windows 7, with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor (I’m not impressed), 12 hours battery life, built in WWAN.  €575, approximately RM 2,900.  Expensive.  I’m personally avoiding it – the only bright spot here is the long battery life.  This is made possible by the 16 cell battery.  Yikes!!  With this monster, how can the netbook still weigh 1.25 kg?
3. Nokia X-6 and X-3.  The X-series, as rumoured, is the replacement for the Xpressmusic line.  The X-6 comes with an all you can eat, whether you want to eat it or not Comes With Music subscription, ie. you don’t have to pay anything extra for any music you want, which is in the store.  Neat.  The X-3 is the X-6′s smaller brethren.  The X-6 will sell for €450 = RM 2,270, the X-3 for €115 = RM 579.

Click here for a press release covering this year’s theme at the Nokia World event, which talks about seizing the social internet and amplifying the music experience.

N97 Mini’s specifications:

Technical profile

System: WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA), EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

User Interface: S60 5th Edition

Dimensions: 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm* mm (L x W x H) *16.4 mm at camera area

Weight: 138 g

Display: 3.2 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors nHD 16:9 widescreen (640×360 pixels)

Battery:  Nokia Battery BL-4D, 1200 mAh

Media

Memory: 8 GB on-board memory, plus 16GB expansion via microSD memory cardslot

Video playback: H.264/AVC: baseline profile, QVGA 30fps, VC-1/WMV9 MP: QVGA 30fps (768kbps), MPEG-4/SP: nHD and VGA 30fps 4Mbps, RealVideo 10: CIF 15fps, Flash lite 3.0, QVGA15-30fps, H.263 Profile 0 Level 10: QCIF 10-15fps

Music playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA

Main Camera

Lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar™

Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)

Video capture: MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps

Aperture: F2.8

Focal length: 5.4 mm

Flash: Dual LED camera flash and video light

Operating Times

Talk time: Up to 240 min (3G), 430 min (GSM)

Standby time: Up to 310 hrs (3G), 320 hrs (GSM)

Video playback: Up to 210 min (nHD, 30 fps, offline mode)

Music playback: Up to 28 hours (offline mode)

Connectivity & Data Services

• WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g without UPnP support
• Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
• 3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)
• Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR)
• GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)

Booklet 3G specifications (click here):

Dimensions

• Weight (max) 1250 g
• Dimensions (max) 264 x 185 x 19.9 mm

CPU and Chipset

• Intel Atom Z530, 1.6 GHz
• Intel Poulsbo US15W, fanless design

Memory and Storage

• RAM: 1 GB, DDR2, 533 Mhz, soldered down
• HDD: 120 GB, 1.8”/5mmH/SATA, 8 MB cache, 4200 RPM

Display

• 10.1”, 1280×720 pixels, glass window

Battery

• 16 cell, 56.8 Wh, Li-Ion prismatic, removable design

Connectivity

• 802.11 b/g/n, 2T2R
• BT 2.1 + EDR
• Inbuilt 3G modem (data calls only). Different variants: WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 or WCDMA 900/2100 or no modem.
• All modem variants have GSM and GPRS
• Assisted-GPS

I/O ports

• 1 x HDMI 1.2 out
• 3 x USB 2.0
• 1 x headphone out (OMTP 3.5 mm) – with OMTP headsets also functions as audio in
• 1 x DC-in
• 1 x SD card reader
• 1 x SIM / USIM slot

Camera and microphone

• 1.3 MP front facing camera with integrated microphone

Keyboard

• Frame keyboard
• 2 physical layouts: US (78 keys, 17 mm pitch, 1.8 mm stroke) and UK (79 keys, 16.7 mm pitch, 1.8 mm stroke)

Other

• Accelerometer

Inbox contents

• Nokia Booklet 3G
• BC-1S battery
• AC/DC power adapter
• Quick setup guide and warranty instructions
• Headset WH-205
• USB charging multi-cable CA-126

Software

• Operating System: Windows 7 Starter Edition, Home Premium or Professional
• MS Office Small Business 60 day trial
• MS Internet Explorer 8
• HDD protection utility, Hotkey utility , Knock Control utility, Power Profile Switcher, Battery Life utility
• Nokia Update Manager
• Ovi Suite
• Ovi Maps Gadget
• Social Hub
• F-Secure Internet Security 2010 trial

Nokia X-6 specifications:

Basic parameters

• WCDMA 850/1900/2100+QB GSM (LTA, NA). WCDMA 900/1900/2100 +QB GSM
• SW Platform: Symbian OS, S60 5th edition 5.0
• Size: 111 x 51 x 13.8
• Display:  3.2” 16:9 nHD, 231 ppi
• Memory Internal/External: 32 GB/-
• Talk time: up to 8h (GSM) /5 h (3G)
• Stand-by time: up to 406h (GSM) /400 h (3G)
• Music playback  time: up to 35h
• Video playback time:  up to 4 hours (30 fps)
• Processor 433.9MHz

Imaging

• Camera 5Mpix with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash
• Other imaging features: video, video center, online-share, tv-out support, video editing

Music

• Nokia Music Store : yes
• Music format: MP3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MTP support

Video Consumption

• Video recording
• Video playback

Other Media Consumption

• Ring Tones: 3D stereo ringing tones, Up to 64 Polyphonic Midi, MP3 tones, video ringing tones
• Video Ring Tones: yes
• Browser: Full Web browser (OSS) v 7.0
• Macromedia Flash Lite 3.0

Messaging

• SMS, Email and Audio Messaging
• MMS

Other services, features or applications

• Image and video editor, Video center, Online Share, Download (where Ovi Store is not supported), Email Settings wizard, Switch, Playlist DJ, Nokia Maps 3.0, Embedded premium game Spore, Online Search, Email clients
• OVI services: Nokia Music Store, Ovi Store, Nokia Messaging, Nokia Maps, Ovi Share, Ovi Contacts, Ovi Files, Ovi Suite 1.1 for PC
• Downloadable Symbian (sis), Java applications, and widgets
• 3 games included! Spore by EA, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour by Gameloft

Bearers & transport

• WCDMA
• GPRS/EDGE, MSC31
• HSDPA
• DTM
• AMR

Connectivity

• Bluetooth 2.0
• USB USB 2.0 High Speed
• A-GPS
• WLAN (China WAPI)

Content & Context Management

• OMA DRM
• Java MIDP
• Email push

Nokia X-3 specifications:

Protocol: GSM Quadband 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz Series 40 PR 9.1

Bearers: 3GPP Release 4, GPRS MSC 32, EGPRS MSC32

Size:  96 x 49.3 x 14.1 mm

Display: 2.2” QVGA, 262K colors, Active TFT, 240×320 pixel, transmissive

Memory:  User memory up to 46MB,
SD card slot

Talk time: Up to 7.5h GSM

Stand by time: Up to 380h GSM

Music playtime: Up to 26h

HW characteristics

• Slide body style
• Stereo output speakers
• Combined Send-End Keys, dedicated Music Keys, Volume and Camera key
• Lighting effects around the Navi ring

Connectivity

• Bluetooth v2.1 with stereo audio profiles (A2DP and AVRCP)
• Hot-swappable MicroSD card (expandable up to 16 GB)
• Micro-USB interface with USB2.0 FS (Full speed) complimentary USB charging, USB OTG (audio, storage)
• Nokia 3.5 mm AV connector (audio only)
• Internal FM Rx antenna (auto-switch when headset connected)
• 2mm charging connector

UI Features

• Active Home screen: See your contacts, Friends, playing music track in the home screen
• Living wallpapers for battery and signal indication
• Customisable media player and radio skin via themes

Context management

• PIM (Calendar & Contacts) Presence enhanced contacts (OMA IMPS)
• SyncML (local & remote) data sync

Voice and Audio

• Speech codec support for FR, HR, EFR, AMR
• Voice commands and recording

Enablers

• Flash Lite 3.0, Java MIDP 2.1
• OMA client provisioning v1.1, FOTA

Music experience

• Music Player with extended play list supports MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+, WMA, WMV formats
• FM RDS stereo radio with built-in antenna
• Listen and control  your music over Bluetooth stereo audio
• Listen to music in flight mode
• Manage music with Ovi Player PC client & Windows Media Player 11
• Pre-loaded audio tracks & music videos
• USB 2.0 Full Speed for transfer of music
• OMA DRM release 2.0 and Windows Media DRM
• Nokia Comes With Music & Nokia Ovi Music support (side-loading)

Imaging experience

• 3.2 megapixel Full Focus camera, background processing, 4x smooth zoom
• View photos thumbnails in grid, albums or timeline view
• New editing tools and clip arts for fun images
• Image Upload to sharing services: Flickr, Ovi Share.
• Video recording: H.263 QCIF (48kbps), MPEG-4 QVGA (172kbps)

Messaging

• Common inbox for SMS and MMS in conversational view
• MMS: OMA MMS 1.3 (600 kB MMS size), MMS conformance 3.0 and SMIL
• Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging (AMS)
• Nokia Messaging 2.0 mobilizes your existing email & IM accounts
• Support Ovi Contacts 1.1 and 3rd party consumer messaging: Windows Live

Media and Gaming

• Download latest content, games and applications on Ovi Store 1.5
• Global premium game: Guitar Rock Tour
• Preloaded Java games: Bounce Tales, City Bloxx, Snake III, Block’d, Diamond Rush, Rally Stars

Other

• My Nokia
• Nokia Maps version 2.0 (client only)
• PC suites v7.1 and Ovi Player PC client application
• OSS web browser with YouTube, Facebook & MySpace bookmarks, web search

Some pictures – the N97 Mini, X-6 and X-3 respectively.  I must say the X-6 looks rather sleek!

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