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Nokia Gets An All-In-One With 6220 Classic

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The good thing about Nokia releasing approximately eleventy million handsets a year into the market is that sometimes, just sometimes, when the stars are in alignment on a vernal equinox, they release a phone that does everything right. That phone is the 6220 Classic.

This handset is a picture of understated elegance. An unassuming candybar that didn’t necessarily wow anyone upon its unveiling at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Fast forward five months and this phone is set to be an industry assassin, sneaking up behind and snapping the necks of all comers.

The 6220 is equipped with a Carl Zeiss optics 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and a xenon flash, usually the preserve of high-class numbers like the Nokia N82. Combine that with the full fat Nokia Maps 2.0 GPS functionality, and you have a handset fully ready to “geotag” photos based on location, as well as offering a handy alternative to a sat nav with full turn-by turn directions…

Then you have the 3G high-speed connection to allow these pictures to be uploaded to sites like Flickr or Nokia’s proprietary site Ovi in a flash, directly from the phone. These features are all pretty good, but currently exist on other phones. What the 6220 Classic does is incorporates it all into a tidy little package which is gorgeous and most importantly cheap!

Nokia have recognised the amount of convergence in this handset, and as such are putting a lot of time and effort into showcasing the 6220 for what it is. The ‘WidSets’ addition of mini applications lend a bespoke feel, similar to the way in which the Samsung Tocco allows feature priority based on personal preference. Nokia have recognised that not everyone wants a phone made of calfskin and encrusted in diamonds, and have managed to fill a mid-range handset with top drawer features.

Released soon on major networks under a smokescreen of clamour for tactile wonders, Nokia has been clever to sidestep and go for a competitively priced, feature-rich panacea to the iPhone 3G chatter. A review to follow soon…

iPhone 3G On O2 : Premature Activation?

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Rumours surrounding the imminent release of the iPhone 3G has started to trickle out, and the word is that o2 will be greasing the wheels to make the transition for customers as smooth as possible. Apple Insider has details regarding a company meeting held on Monday, outlining plans for the big UK launch of Apple’s revised handset.

They want to allow the messy business of signing up new converts to be carried out as early as July 1st, so the unpleasantness and worrying about credit checks is all done before picking up their shiny new iPhones on launch day. Also, as opposed to the arbitrary 6.02pm launch of the original iPhone, o2 will open their doors at 7am on July 11th to accommodate all those eager early adopters.

In a strange twist of fate, the official Apple stores will apparently be able to sell iPhone 3Gs on Pay As You Go, due to their lack of infrastructure allowing people to sign their lives away up to o2 on site, and a lack of ‘proper training’. Seems the process of taking huge sums of money of devoted Apple fans is not as easy as it looks…  With word that the iPhone 3G could cost anywhere between £300 and £450 offline, queues around the block will be a far less likely sight this time around.

However, this is all slightly substantiated rumour, so don’t ram raid your local o2 store just yet. Stay tuned to Omio for further details regarding the launch of the world’s most hyped-about phone.