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^{N92 to cost about EUR 700} Nokia announces first mobile TV

Nokia announced today at its Mobility Conference in Barcelona its first commercial mobile TV phone. So far the 7710 devices used for testing have been fitted with experimental TV receivers. Nokia N92 has a large 2.8” QVGA screen supporting 16 million colors, and dedicated media keys for easy navigation and control of the TV. It also features an electronic program guide, automatic channel finder, and high quality stereo sound. N92 allows transferring video from PC and recording and store broadcast TV programs with up to 2GB memory card support. The smartphone with integrated Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) antenna Comes with an in-built music player, FM radio, 2 megapixel camera with LED flash and video recorder. The phone has 90 MB internal memory and supports up to 2 GB memory card. It is a triband GSM/WCDMA phone with 3G and video call functionalities. It supports Bluetooth, infrared, WLAN and USB 2.0 connectivity. Nokia believes that it can bring N92 to stores in mid 2006.

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