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November 22, 2004
Nokia’s Music Phone.
Mobile Gadgets has a little bit of information and photos on Nokia’s soon to be released music phone, which they’re calling the Nokia Neo. It will use a SD/MMC-Card expansion slot for its music storage, so it appears the reason it becomes a music phone is the interface that is very iPod like, given that many new phones have the same storage and capacity. As Mobile Gadgets eludes, the real killer feature will be when they add the hard drive, which they’ve already said will happen next year in some of their phones. People have been talking for a good while about the convergence of the two devices, with Motorola and Nokia announcing music alliances. Apple still has the upper-hand, but only because it has become a fashionable item. Once we move toward convenience it makes sense to include the devices. Perhaps it’s time for Apple to use the iPhone trademark.
Update : (November 23, 2004) Latest info is that this could just be a prototype, that won’t go to production.
Gadgetman | | Mobile Phone, Music
