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Just as the Nokia Surge was released in the USA nearly a month ago, the rumour mill brought us some news in the form of another phone to be released by Nokia. The Nokia 6760 Slide is said to be a European version of the Surge. The only improvement in the Nokia 6760 Slide when compared to the Surge is the presence of a 3 megapixel snapper, as opposed to the 2 megapixel snapper which came with the Surge. The absence of any network branding whatsoever is another difference between the Nokia 6760 Slide and the Surge.
The Nokia 6760 slide runs on the Symbian OS and slides sideways to reveal the full QWERTY keyboard, which is extremely good for typing messages quickly on the go. There is support for 3.6 Mbps HSDPA as well. Quad-bad GSM support is also available in addition to the normal connectivity options, which include microUSB, Bluetooth and a 2.5 mm headset jack.
The AT&T Navigator is not used in the Nokia 6760 slide, as is expected. Instead, Nokia Maps makes its presence felt. There are a large number of messaging softwares on the phone in the form of Nokia Messaging, Windows Live IM and Google Talk. Social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter can be accessed extremely easily. The presence of these social and messaging apps clearly shows that the Nokia 6760 slide is being positioned as a social – centric device.
The specifications sheet of the Nokia 6760 slide also includes the 128 MB internal memory, which can be propped up to a maximum of 8 GB via the microSD memory card slot and a FM radio.
The Nokia 6760 Slide is set to be released in the current quarter for an estimated retail price of 199 euros before taxes and subsidies. The phone will initially be made available in black, but red and white colour schemes will come about in the course of time, though these colour schemes might not be available to all markets.
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Nokia 6760 Slide can cater to many of your entertainment needs with its 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS which is equipped with Nokia maps and a 2.4″ 320 x 240 pixel display. Due to the GPS navigation of this phone, it comes in quite handy for in car navigation, when some one is traveling to less traversed places.
The slide-out QWERTY keyboard of this phone is totally amazing which can allow users to type as much as they want without tiring themselves. The availability of this keyboard is perfectly complemented with many messaging applications in this phone like Windows live messenger and Gtalk. Social networking websites are also enabled on this phone like Facebook, twitter and Myspace. So, you can be connected all the time with this device, or tweet your pals. Microsoft Exchange push email application will allow you to send important business emails whenever you need to do so. There is also a message reader available in the phone that reads out incoming messages to any user saving him from the hassles of reading them from the screen. All these messaging applications of the phone have become possible because it is a Symbian S60 smartphone. The phone will be available in three riveting colors of black, red and white. A FM radio is also included in the phone, so that users can listen to music whenever they want.
This device is a standard 3G phone with support for 3.5G and Bluetooth. The memory of the phone can be enhanced with a 2GB microSD expandable memory SLOT. Nokia 6760 Slide will be a part of the UK markets, in the third quarter of 2009.
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