Nokia today officially announced the Nokia 3250 music phone, a day after images of the phone leaked to a discussion forum on the internet.

The Nokia 3250 is a music-driven cell phone with a fully rotatable bottom section with a 2-megapixel camera. It features dedicated music keys and can store up to 1 GB (Gigabyte) of music (according to Nokia this is up to 750 songs) and offers 10 hours of music play and 3 hours of talking.

The Nokia 3250 is a Series 60 phone and thus belongs to the smartphone family. Shipping is expected to start in the first quarter 2006 with an estimated retail price of 350 EUR before subsidies or taxes. Not a christmas present thren!

This new Nokia 3250 is a so called XpressMusic phone, a brand name introduced by Nokia today. The XpressMusic feature brand, makes it easier for consumers to identify those Nokia devices which are specifically designed to listen to music," says Senior Vice President of Mobile Phones, Nokia.

The music player of the Nokia 3250 supports music formats such AS MP3, WMA, M4A and AAC and you can download songs over-the-air. The Nokia 3250 supports microSD memory cards of up to 1 GB. In addition, the phone has an FM radio with Visual Radio client.

With the Nokia Audio Manager software, you can "drag and drop" your music files directly from your computer to the phone. Headphones can be connected to the Nokia 3250 via the 3.5 mm connector of the Nokia Stereo Headset-HS-20.

The Nokia 3250 has no WiFi, 3G and hard disk. The phone seems to be a music phone aimed for the mass market with features not as exclusive as the Nseries N91 or N90.


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