AT&T to land four new Nokia handsets in 2009

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Well, what do we have here? Apparently the Symbian OS won’t be left out of the fray this year with AT&T as a previously unknown S60 handset has been revealed in the same deck we reported earlier. The Nokia Mako, pictured in the top left, is a Symbian S60 3.2-powered device unlike anything we’ve seen from Nokia thus far. This side slider will feature a 2.6-inch QVGA screen, four row QWERTY keyboard, quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz), dual-band HSDPA (850/1900MHz), 2 megapixel camera, aGPS, Bluetooth 2.0, 128MB of on-board memory, microSD expansion and a 2.5mm headset jack. That is apparently all the love S60 will be getting at AT&T this year but hit the jump for details on three mid and entry-level offerings from Nokia headed our way.

The remaining three handsets, the Thresher, Grouper and Snapper, share the same S40-based UI. They also share designs that were seemingly recycled from Motorolas of old. The Thresher is a standard slider with quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA, 3.2 megapixel camera, aGPS, Bluetooth 2.1, built-in compass, 140MB of on-board memory, microSD expansion and a 2.5mm headset jack. The Grouper is a flip phone that shares the tri-band HSDPA, aGPS and Bluetooth of the Thresher but drops the camera down to 2.0 megapixels, loses the compass, and lowers the on-board memory to 70MB. For those die hard PTTer’s out there, the Grouper also includes Kodiak PTT 5.2 support. Lastly, is Nokia’s more entry-level offering the Snapper. The Snapper is a flip phone with quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, AGPS, up to 70MB of on-board memory, microSD expansion, 2 megapixel camera and Kodiak PTT.

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13 Comments
  • castlerock611

    First bitches,always wanted to say that,love the mako.

  • HereAndNow

    Many/most of the major mobile OSes appear to be migrating to *nix:
    - Android/WebOS/LiMo/Moblin/Maemo/UbuntuMobile: Linux
    - iPhone: FreeBSD

    Android is likely to emerge as a dominant mobile OS and Nokia really should consider using its Symbian resources to quickly merge with Android.

    Several steps could be taken, to achieve this:

    1. Port the Dalvik VM to Symbian, so that existing Symbian devices can run Android apps.
    2. Develop Ovi apps for Android, so that ALL Android-based devices from ANY vendor can access/subscribe to Ovi services.
    3. For Nokia devices, replace Google’s services with Ovi services & tailor the UI for a unique Nokia user experience.
    4. Consider developing a Symbian emulator, so that Android devices can run Symbian apps (until native Android versions are available).
    5. Extend Android to support X Server, as a first step toward full Maemo integration with Android.

  • blackberry bold

    Sorry I don’t like any of them.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • joe

    Are they serious with these phones? They are FUGLY.

  • attguy

    The flips and the slide look pretty good….. That full qwerty is hideous and I’ll never sell that peice.

  • AttpeR

    Snapper-saltwater fish
    Mako-shark
    Grouper-saltwater fish

    Whats with the names??

  • http://brandonmccall.tumblr.com Brandon

    I didn’t even bother to read the specs.

  • celz

    damn here and now.. thats a solid well thought idea.. and it would work too bad nokia wont do it.. look at how htc did wm..

  • Jeremiah

    There is no way a “music-optimized phone” (Grouper) can be called that without a 3.5mm headset jack. FAIL!

  • unfertilized_soil

    Is it just me, or is Nokia 2 yrs behind everyone else?

  • NokNot

    Grouper looks like Motorola K1 KRAZR from 2 years ago….

  • as a Nokia fan all of these DONT interest me and seem ugly. Sorry.

  • Jarred

    The Thresher seems well laid out, the others really don’t do it for me. Although the Mako is S60 and can probably be manipulated into doing some nice power features like corp. email.

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