Digital music player, FM radio, advanced ring tones and an integrated loudspeaker - all in one device
Nokia today unveiled the Nokia 3300 music phone for digital entertainment. Designed specifically for enjoying music, the Nokia 3300 incorporates a portable digital music player (MP3/AAC), a stereo FM radio, a digital recorder, advanced ring tones for an authentic music-like experience and enhanced messaging* and games features in a single high quality, fun package. The Nokia 3300 is expected to start shipping in the Middle East in the second quarter of 2003.
“Consumers are placing greater value on the entertainment features of their phones and Nokia is right there to meet their expectations with a total music offering. Designed to let consumers enjoy their music when they want, the Nokia 3300 connects our consumers with music and much more,” said Eddie Maalouf, Marketing Manager, Nokia Middle East. “The sound quality of True Tones is a breakthrough in the evolution of ring tones and incorporated with other sophisiticated music features, the Nokia 3300 takes the mobile phone into a new era.”
Music and communication are at the heart of the Nokia 3300. The new device features a portable MP3/AAC digital music player with integrated loudspeaker as well as a stereo FM radio and a digital recorder. The new music key puts the music services just one click away, making access to the music player and FM stereo radio easy and fast. Users can also easily transfer music files from a compatible PC to the Nokia 3300 with the new Nokia Audio Manager PC software. To experience the sound quality, the user can enjoy preloaded music samples as well as preloaded ring tones, both polyphonic and new True Tones.
The Nokia 3300 is the first mobile phone for the GSM markets supporting True Tones, which provide ring tones with real music, allowing users to have songs, nature sounds, special effects and engine sounds as ring tones to alert them of an incoming call. The True Tones will be part of Nokia’s wide range of mobile services for music when the Nokia 3300 phone is commercially available. They are based on Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) technology that has been selected by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) as the Wideband codec for GSM and 3rd generation wireless WCDMA applications.
While the Nokia 3300 phone is designed with music in mind, it also enables consumers to play games, send multimedia messages to compatible devices and connect to the mobile services in the same device. The game controls and other action keys of the device are designed for two-hand use, and with the 128 x 128 pixel color display, they offer ease of play. There are also preloaded JavaTM games in the Nokia 3300 music phone for immediate enjoyment. While playing the games, the user can conveniently listen to the music player or the stereo FM radio through the stereo headset.
Nokia provided services and content include ring tones, a wide range of color graphics, featuring music artists, cartoons and movies, and downloadable games. The Nokia 3300 users can download more True Tones and also polyphonic tones, wallpapers, operator logos and games to their phones from Nokia services and content offering from www.Club.NokiaME.com. A link to Nokia Tones, Graphics and Games is also available in the Nokia 3300 phone.
The Nokia 3300 music phone is equipped with a Pop-Port™ connector enabling the use of a USB cable for easy transfer of music files, and has a 64 MB MMC memory card as standard in the sales package. For an additional measure of fun and personalization, the Nokia 3300 comes with a selection of optional Xpress-on™ color covers. The Nokia 3300 has a volume of 115 cc and weighs 125 grams. Users can listen to the digital music player for up to 11 hours and the FM stereo radio up to 9 hours. The Nokia 3300 has a talk time of up to 3 hours and a standby time of up to 270 hours.
The Nokia 3300 will also be available in a GSM 850/1900 version with a different design and functionality.
For more information on Nokia phones in English and Arabic please visit www.nokiame.com
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*Please note that the MMS related services are dependent on the network as well as on the compatibility of the devices used and the content formats supported.
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