Verizon has partnered up with Nokia in order to release the new addition to their mobile line-up, the Nokia 2605 Mirage. Verizon has made today its official first day of sale, allowing availability through its online store. The Nokia 2605 is a small phone with sleek features allowing each customer to individually express their own styles with replaceable Nokia Xpress-on™ snaps! Beginning January 23, 2009 the 2605 will be available in Verizon Wireless store fronts.
It seems as though the release of the Nokia 2605 was perfectly planned to make for the Holidays as Verizon and Nokia believe this is “the prefect holiday gift”. The Mirage comes with Xpress-on snaps that are placed over the camera and LED screen as well as the battery. With the Mirage you’re able to balance your everyday life while keeping yourself mobile.
Nokia 2605 Mirage Features From Verizon: Advanced voice recognition features and built-in speakerphone for easy, hands-free calls, VGA camera, Brilliant color screens and easy-to-use menu navigation, Text and picture messaging for many options to stay in touch with family and friends, Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology for convenient connectivity and wireless headset support, Calendar preview to keep your schedule within reach, Mobile Web-capable – customizable, enhanced wireless access to the latest in news, sports, weather and more, Setup Assistant for customization of phone settings such as ringtones, calendar, volume, wallpapers, clock and more.
You can purchase the Nokia 2605 Mirage starting today for $49.99 with a full two-year contract after a $50 mail-in-rebate has been given. The rebate will be give as a debit card and can be used in anywhere that debit cards are accepted.
The long await anticipation for a new handset from Telus Mobility has fallen short and faltered with the release of the ZTE TXTster. This jaw-dropping mobile features a 1.3 megapixel camera surprisingly equipped with flash and video aptitudes, with a max of 180 minute talk time and a 120 hours of simple standby. The ZTE is equipped with Fastap, a quirky input method with small letters in-between larger numeric keys.
This device allows you to take advantage of Telus Mobile’s music and navigator services. The TXTster is priced at $29.99 with a full 3-year contract that turns you into a Telus mobility fee-paying slave (but you didn’t here it from us), or you can grab it for $229.99 without a contract. All we have to say is we hope Fastap and Telus are at the top of your list, at this price.
The XPERIA X1 is first Sony Ericsson slider with Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. The phone features 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth stereo (A2DP), 3″ 65k color TFT with 800 X 480 pixels, Media player, 3D games, FM radio and Java. For typing the handset provides an QWERTY keyboard, for storing up to 400 MB of phone memory. The XPERIA X1 also comes with aGPS function and Wi-Fi support.
Though Nokia has not been doing very well in Japan, it still plans to release its very exclusive, high-end and extremely expensive mobile phone, VERTU, in Japan. The VERTU, known for its fine precious jewelry-encrusted craftsmanship, plans to release three new lines of exclusive GSM / W-CDMA mobile phones in Japan itself. These include the New Signature Collection, the Ascent Ti and the Ascent Ti Ferrari. The 4.75 carat bejeweled New Signature Collection will be released in December 2008 and will be available in 3 models, Stainless Steel, Yellow Gold and White Gold. They will be priced at 1.6 million yen, 4.5 million yen and 500 million yen respectively.
The stainless steel Ascent Ti is skirted with Titanium and is available in red, brown, black, NARU, five kinds of checks. The price of the product is 67 million yen and the NARU is 80 million yen. The last line of luxury watches from VERTU is called the Ascent Ti Ferrari. This has been created in collaboration with Ferrari and will be available in limited editions, called Rosso and JARRO. Encrusted at the back of the mobile phone is the Ferrari’s logo of a prancing horse. Rosso will be available for 110 million yen and the JARRO will be priced at 94 million yen.
Nokia plans to expand its sales via its directly managed stores in Ginza, Tokyo. Additionally, it also plans to offer email and Web services and the SIM-locked feature for its new range of VERTU mobile phones.
