The Nokia Surge which looks similar to a T-Mobile Sidekick, is available exclusively through AT&T in the United States, the Surge has similar general form factor as the popular Sidekick, except it slides and doesn't swivel to reveal the keyboard underneath the screen-cover. Packing this smartphone with messaging and social media capabilities makes it clear that Nokia believes young social media fans to form the target demographic for this model.
The Surge is a 3G phone with 2.4 inches of screen at 320x240 TFT pixels and 16 million colors. The 2 megapixel camera is inferior when compared to the over-3 megapixel variant on the related 6760 Slide model available else where (which phone, incidentally, isn't carrier-exclusive), but the Surge did come out earlier, too. Video recording is done at the standard QVGA resolution. Because the Surge is available exclusively through AT&T, it comes pre-installed with that carrier's typical software suite, such as AT&T Navigator for GPS capabilities and AT&T Video Share for video calling. Given the company's oft-stated wider long-term strategic marketing vision, a ton of messaging and social media capabilities are provided for easy access to Google Talk, Windows Live IM, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition, the smartphone's browser allows full HTML viewing along with YouTube playback with Flash support. Mobile music download options include Napster, eMusic, and XM Radio.
The Surge runs on the Symbian Series 60 multi-tasking platform, nicely complementing the rather powerful feature-set, making this model as a mid-level offering. It is compatible with Bluetooth 2.0, with A2DP support, and offers microUSB connectivity as well. Audio output is a standard 2.5mm jack and speaker, ofcourse. like most Nokia phones these days, there is also a built-in stereo FM radio player. MicroSD cards are supported up to a maximum of 8GB for additional storage space, with a 2GB card included. This phone is available in black, white, or red color schemes. Talk-time is rated at a respectable five hours, and standby is a healthy five hundred.
Unfortunately, being tied to AT&T means a long two-year contract with mandatory voice and data plans both, that could easily add up to an average $100 dollars a year for even a fairly conservative subscriber! And, as often noted so far, the Surge is meant for power users who are constantly on their smartphones chatting, texting, e-mailing, or surfing the web. Such info junkies could very well run wildly over even $2000 a year; no wonder the powerful Surge is available for under a hundred dollars.
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Article written by Paul Wise. Paul has done extensive research on Nokia Cell Phones and Sprint Cell Phones, which can be found on Cellular2Buy.com at great prices.
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