NOKIA TRIBAND CELLULAR PHONE WITH PEN INPUT AND HANDWRITING RECOGNITION CAPABILTY 

Nokia Triband Cellular Phone with Pen Input and Handwriting Recognition Capabilty

Product Code: 3108 Price: Check Latest Nokia this month added a new mobile phone with pen input and handwriting recognition capability optimised for messaging for Chinese input users in the Asian market. The 3108 is the successor to the 6108 pen-input phone previously released. Created by designers in Nokia's Product Creation Centre in Beijing, the Nokia 3108 has a Chinese-motivated design inspired by the futuristic warrior theme intended to appeal to the younger segment of Chinese language users. The phone supports tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz functionality, a high resolution colour display, a built-in touch pad, Lunar Calendar, an enhanced phonebook, themed wallpapers, a range of polyphonic ringtones, animated screensavers, games, MMS, Java and an xHTML browser. The Nokia 3108 is expected to be commercially available in select Asia Pacific markets during the fourth quarter of 2003. The Nokia 3108 is designed with a built-in touch pad and easy-grip stylus to recognise the handwriting both Chinese and Latin characters for message sending. The phone supports both handwriting and keymat input. To utilise the handwriting recognition feature, lifting the keymat will reveal a built-in touch pad which allows the entry of both Chinese and Latin characters. Content includes themed wallpapers and animated screensavers which are specially designed by Ma Wing Shing, a famous Chinese comic artist. The phone also includes a new pre-installed game called Empire Mahjong. The Nokia 3108 can be used with a Nokia Fun Camera, a stand-alone VGA camera with its own viewfinder, flash and power supply as well as 1 MB of memory to store up to 50 images. The Nokia 3108 can also be used with the Nokia Radio Headset. The Nokia 3108 weighs 93 grams, a talktime of 2 to 6 hours hours and a standby time of 150 to 360 hours.