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Nokia hast just officially took the
wraps off three new affordable
handsets - the Nokia 207, Nokia
208 and 208 dual-SIM.

The trio of candybars is done in
Nokia's bold colors that we're used
to seeing and are almost identical
to one another. Built around a 2.4"
QVGA display and phone keypad,
the only difference between the
207 and 208 is the 1.3MP camera
at the back.
The 207 and 208 measure 114.2 x
50.9 x 12.8mm and weigh 89.6
grams and 90.5 grams,
respectively (the extra gram is due
to the camera). They all share a
1020mAh battery which doesn't
sound much, but Nokia boasts the
phones can go more than a month
on stand-by without needing a
recharge, while the talk time is
estimated to be up to 12 hours on
2G.
Quad-band 2G and tri-band 3G
mean that the 207 and 208 will
work on most places. Connectivity
is covered with Bluetooth 3.0,
which supports Slam sharing,
3.5mm AV port and microUSB port
for PC sync and charging. The
both models support Nokia's data-
compressing Xpress Browser,
YouTube video streaming as well
as popular social networks and
services like Twitter, Facebook and
WhatsApp (will be available for the
208 initially). Mail for Exchange is
supported for calendar and
contacts sync, while the lack of a
camera on 207 means that it can
be used in workplaces which forbid
cameras on sight, according to
Nokia. There's a microSD card slot
too, for storage up to 32GB.
Nokia says the phones are splash
proof thanks to the lack of gaps
between the keys. They're tough as
well, due to the 'cup'-style design,
reminiscent to Asha 501 and
Lumia 620. This also means you
can change the back shell with
another and completely change the
look of the phone.
Expect to phones to start shipping
some time in Q3 this year with all
three phones available in red,
cyan, white and black. The Nokia
207, 208 and 208 dual SIM will
cost around $68 / €52 each before
local taxes and operator subsidies.

Many attribute Nokia's decline in
recent years to its exclusive
reliance on Microsoft's Windows
Phone platform as its only outlet
into the world of smartphones.
Now one analyst argues that if
Nokia has any hope of righting the
ship, it must begin manufacturing
Android smartphones.
Pierre Ferragu of Bernstein
Research urges that Nokia must
"take the pill before one cannot
afford to do so anymore… its
exposure to the disappearing
feature phone market and the lack
of traction of Windows phones
could cost Nokia a lot of cash in
the near term, in restructuring,
marketing/distribution support,
and operational losses, which
means it could be too late to
address the problem in a couple of
years."
Nokia's partnership with Microsoft
has been anything but what either
company was hoping for, even if
recent signs are encouraging. The
Finnish phone maker and the
Windows Phone operating system
found on many of its devices are
struggling to make the smartphone
the three-horse race Elop was
talking about when unveiling the
new strategy.
Nokia continues to rely heavily on
its feature phone sales to keep
finances in check, as evidenced by
its most recent ad campaign for
the S40-powered Nokia Asha 501.
But the featurephone market, once
a pillar of Nokia's dominance, is
also starting to crumble. Even in
the conservative Western European
smartphone market, where Nokia's
total shipments have dropped by
30% year-over-year.
It's unclear what would it cost for
Nokia to dip its toe into the
Android pool, though. On one hand
Microsoft has given licenses to
Samsung, HTC and Huawei to
make WP-powered devices of their
own despite all of those also
having Android smartphones. On
the other ever since day one and
Microsoft Nokia made it clear that
their partnership is different to that
between Microsoft and the other
WP OEMs.

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hmm....tanxs for the update..