Nokia N91 hard disk music phone approved by FCC, E70 too
Nokia N91 hard disk music phone approved by FCC, E70 too
The Federal Communications Commission has approved two high-end Nokia handsets, the N91 (shown at right) and E70. The N91 is especially interesting because it includes a 4GB hard drive and would be the first phone with a hard drive to ship in the US. However, just because the handsets were approved by the US doesn’t mean they will actually ship here.
Highlights revealed from the manual about the music functionality of the phone include:
Music Shop allowing purchase and download over the air from a client application.
PC Sync of music files via Windows Media Player 11 (via USB Cable), including Janus DRM protected WMA files.
View as a external hard disk and transfer files (via USB, Bluetooth or WiFi/WLAN).
Creation and editing of equaliser presets.
Creation and editing of playlists via the Music application on the phone.
Edit details of music file (ID3 tags editing) via the Music application on the phone.
Support for Album Art (including choosing your own image from the Phone’s Gallery application).
Set as song as the ringtone of the phone.
Features of the N91 include:
4GB Hard drive
Music player with integrated music control keys
UMTS/WiFi/Bluetooth
2 megapixel camera
Features of the E70 include:
WiFi/Bluetooth
2 megapixel camera
QWERTY keyboard
Nokia’s long-awaited hard drive-equipped N91 just got a step closer to a US release, with FCC approval. Among the confirmed features revealed in the phones manual are the abilities to use PlaysForSure DRM, function in mass storage mode, use songs as ringtones and download music directly from online music stores. The phone has a 4GB hard drive, a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, WiFi, UPnP support and runs on Symbian 9.1. The FCC also approved the E70, a business-oriented phone with a QWERTY keyboard. No word, of course, on when/if these will actually be released in the US.
This hard disk music phone will feature a 2 megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, Line-in for recording, Bluetooth, WCDMA, WiFI USB, Macromedia Flash Player, Music Shop, which will allow users to purchase and download music over the air, PC Sync of music files via Windows Media Player 11. The N91 will also feature Universal Plug and Play, which offers network connectivity of PCs and other wireless devices. UPnP leverages TCP/IP and the Web to enable control and data transfer among networked devices in the home and around the home. UPnP technology can be supported on essentially any operating system.
The Nokia E70 business phone was also approved by the FCC today. Features include a full QWERTY keyboard, 75MB of built-in memory, a mini-SD slot, WLAN and a 2 megapixel camera.
There also details on the usual S60 application including (deep breath) Messaging, Contacts, Calendar, Camera (max. image capture at 1600 x 1200, max. video capture at 352 x 288), Gallery, Services (not the newer KHTML based web browser), Real Player (video and audio), Recorder, Visual Radio, Notes, Log, Calculator, Converter, Voice Commands, Application Manager, IM (now supports saving of Chat transcripts), and Push To Talk.
Of course the usual caveats apply - this is a draft manual and is subject to change, and your operator may remove some of the mentioned applications of functions.