Nokia introduces the first EDGE Smartphone in the Americas market

Nokia presented the Nokia 6620 imaging phone, the first smartphone for the Americas market optimized for use on new EDGE networks. The Nokia 6620 imaging phone comes with a 65,000 color TFT screen for viewing still images and video clips captured by the integrated VGA camera and real-time video streaming over the EDGE network using the built-in RealOne mobile player. While taking pictures, users have the ability to use the 2X digital zoom and a self-timer feature to allow everyone to be included in the fun, while the extended memory enables the saving of hundreds or even thousands of images. The Symbian OS-based Series 60 platform allows for the creation of richer applications including business and productivity tools such as mobile e-mail, over-the-air synchronization of PDA data, a fully integrated Internet browser (HTML 4.01, XHTML/CSS and WML), and a wide selection of third-party applications. The Nokia 6620 imaging phone is a tri-band mobile (GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1900/1800 MHz) and is expected to be available during the second quarter of 2004.

A wide range of the newest multimedia features give Nokia 6620 imaging phone owners a multitude of ways to capture and share content. The built-in SMIL technology allows images, sounds and text to be built into a single MMS, and then received in exactly the order intended by the sender. An integrated image uploader allows pictures to be sent directly to Internet-based photo services, where images can be stored, sorted, shared, and made into prints. Additionally, images can easily be printed at home with the use of a compatible Bluetooth enabled printer.

The built-in RealOne mobile player can access the large existing base of Real formatted video content and new 3GPP content designed specifically for mobile devices.