Nokia adds color displays to its TDMA handsets

By Bernard Cole
iApplianceWeb
(02/15/03, 02:45:40 AM EDT)

Irving, Texas -- Nokia America, Inc. has just introduced what it claims are the first TDMA handsets with full-color displays.

Not satisfied with that alone, the company has also incorporated into its dual mode 3520 and trimode 3560 such features as Java, custom color wallpapers, MIDI ring tunes and two-way text messaging with e-mail support. The aim, the company said, is to allow TDMA operators to add features that were previously associated only with next generation 3G and 4G systems.

With support for MIDP 1.0 Java technology, the dual-mode Nokia 3520 phone (TDMA 800MHz/AMPS) and the tri-mode Nokia 3560 phone (TDMA 800MHz/1900MHz/AMPS) can be customized by downloading new applications from the Internet and the Web using the built-in WAP 2.0 mobile Internet browser. Nokia 3520 and 3560 phone owners can also use the mobile Internet browser to further customize their handsets by downloading new multi-channel MIDI polyphonic ring tunes to personalize their call alerts and SMS notification sounds.

For maximum control, the Nokia 3520 and 3560 phones include powerful voice functionality, with voice dialing for up to 20 numbers, up to 3 minutes of voice memo recording and voice commands to control up to 5 menu items. A built-in phone book holding up to 250 contacts, each with multiple entries, a full-view calendar, to-do list, and an alarm clock with snooze let the Nokia 3520 and 3560 phones keep busy lives organized. Also available are unique new optional Xpress-on Active covers, which include embedded lights that illuminate in sync to the user's favorite ring tune.

Shipments are expected to begin during the second quarter of 2003.

For more information on this product, go to www.nokia.com

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