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Nokia Unveils GSM Trio, Including UMA Phone

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Feb 13, 2006, 7:21 AM by (staff)

Nokia today announced three new GSM phones:

6136: The company's first phone with UMA technology for GSM / WiFi roaming. Clamshell design, quad-band GSM, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, music player, FM radio, and speakerphone. Available initially for European carrier Orange.
6131: Clamshell phone with quad-band GSM, EDGE data, Bluetooth, 16.7 million-color QVGA display, color outer display, microSD memory card slot, music player, FM radio, and a soft-touch finish. A North American version will announced later in 2006.
6070: Bar-style phone with large display, VGA camera, FM radio, EDGE data, and MP3 ringtones. Available in tri-band versions for both Europe/Asia and the Americas.

All three phones are expected to be available in the 2nd quarter of 2006.

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pauldg

Feb 13, 2006, 1:57 PM

6131 "n. american" version

what's the point to making a different version, isn't that the point of quad band? 😕

eric Lin

the difference is not in the bands but in the software and features. the european version has visual radio (which doesn't exist in the US yet, i believe), and a music player. the american version does not have these, but may have additional software.

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Rich Brome

It's not clear. I didn't get a straight answer from them on that.

One PR person did say "WCDMA" in a reply to that question. They way he said it, he honestly could have mis-spoke, but it's possible the US version will be 3G and he let that slip by ...
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kingstu

Feb 13, 2006, 10:33 AM

Is UMA Softare Carrier Specific???

The Nokia 6136 is to be first used on Orange Networks. Is the software such that it could be T-Mobile or any other UMA enabled GSM carrier or would you be forced to use only phones that are specifically branded for a particular carrier?

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