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Nokia N91 Music Edition

Nokia’s hard drive-based music phone gets a shot in the arm — a 4GB shot, to be exact, bringing the handset’s total music capacity to 8GB — plus an all-black makeover. Besides those changes, the N91 Music Edition keeps the same specs as its 4GB sibling (read our review), including Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera, 3G and Wi-Fi support, and a 3.5mm headphone jack for third-party earbuds.

Specifications

(1). 8GB hard drive

(2). Integrated music player

(3). 2-megapixel camera

(4). Tri-band GSM/EDGE/UMTS

(5). Wi-Fi

(6). Bluetooth

Nokia N73 Music Edition

The N73 candybar phone gets a few new music features, including up to 2GB of microSD memory, integrated stereo speakers, and the ability to sync with Windows Media Player. Besides that, the 3G handset comes with all the features in the original, including UMTS/EDGE data access, a 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss-designed optics, a 2.4-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth, an FM receiver, and an Office document viewer.

Specifications

(1). Integrated music player

(2). miniSD memory expansion

(3). Bluetooth 2.0

(4). USB 2.0 port

(5). Quad-band GSM/EDGE/UMTS

(6). 3.2-megapixel camera

(7). 2.4-inch QVGA display

(8). Document viewers for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

(9). FM receiver

(10). Microsoft Outlook synchronization

Nokia N70 Music Edition

The music-infused N70 adds more memory (up to 1GB through RC-MMC memory expansion), dedicated music controls and a “music-optimized” headset to its already-robust set of features, which includes UMTS/EDGE data access, a pair of cameras (2 megapixel and VGA), Bluetooth, an FM receiver, and a USB 2.0 port.

Specifications

(1). GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS

(2). 2-megapixel and VGA cameras

(3). Bluetooth

(4). USB 2.0

(5). FM receiver

(6). Memory expansion

Adding built-in memory and AGPS as well as rising screen size and battery power, Nokia’s N95 8GB is now shipping. Nokia has made a sequence of upgrades compared to the original N95, counting restore the 2.6″ screen with a 2.8″ screen, improving battery power from 950 mAH (4 hours talk time) to 1200 mAH (5 hours of talk time), as well as adding built-in AGPS and 8GB of memory.

In order to preserve its size, however, the N95 8GB does not seem to give a memory slot for extra storage ability. As a result of all the upgrades, it still weighs in at 128 g compared to the original N95’s 120 g.

On the other hand, the N95 8GB retains functionality from the original N95 such as a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, VGA camcorder, Wi-Fi and UPnP support, 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug, and a stage and border based on S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1.

Unlike the original N95, which recently got an upgrade to support AT&T’s HSDPA network, the N95 8GB only supports European HSDPA networks though. However, it’s likely to consider that also the N95 8GB will get such an improve down the road. The Nokia N95 8GB is now selling for EUR 560 in Europe.

The new W890i Walkman phone features the enigmatic Sense system that matches your music to your present frame of mind.

Updating the Walkman line with a handset we may never see here in the States, Sony Ericsson today proclaim the W890i, a slightly larger Walkman phone than the older W880i we reviewed back in March. The new W890i features Sony Ericsson’s new Walkman player, Walkman 3.0, an update to a music player that was in the middle of our favorites on music phones. A new feature includes SenseMe, which let users make playlists based on mood. Most particularly, the music player should give Over-The-Air music downloads by clicking on the Play Now icon. The phone also features A2DP for stereo Bluetooth headphones and speakers, and will approach bundle with a 2GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) card, in addition to the 28MB of crisis memory on board.

The W890i packs a 3.2-megapixel camera around back, and a 2-inch, 262,000-color QVGA screen on the front. From our experience with the W880i, we’d bet that this might in fact be a useful lens, as the former phone impressed us with its imaging capabilities. Sony Ericsson has also packed some new apps for picture and video blogging in a straight line from the phone.

Users will be able to take benefit of the phone’s UMTS/HSDPA high-speed networking, but it lacks the essential U.S. frequency to ride AT&T’s network. The W890i (104 x 46.5 x 9.9 mm, 78 g) should be available in the beginning of 2008, in select markets. Pricing has yet to be resolute.