Nokia Mural announced for AT&T
It’s not quite as intriguing as any of the devices featured at Nokia World this morning, but Nokia and AT&T have just announced a new entry level S40 flip phone dubbed the Nokia Mural. Bearing a striking resemblance to Motorola W series phones of old, the Mural is a clam shell feature phone that would make 2002 proud. Spec highlights include 3G with HSDPA connectivity, integrated IM and email, dedicated external music buttons, a 2.2-inch QVGA internal display, a 2 megapixel camera and microSDHC support. It also sports a variety of customizable lighting features sure to prevent it from finding its way into the hands of anyone over 14 years of age. AT&T’s Nokia Mural will hit store shelves this coming Sunday, September 6th, and it will cost $49.99 after mail-in rebate on a 2-year contract.
I’m not a technophobe or luddite. First and foremost I want a phone with good sound quality at both ends and good reception in weak signal areas. For web, music, and games, I have an iPod Touch. I’m fluent with T9 and can text on 12 keys nearly as fast as on a tiny QWERTY keyboard, and a large 12-key pad is much easier to dial calls on. It feels comfortable being held to my ear. And it weighs 1/2 to 1/3 of most smartphones, and is half the size. My pockets are too weighed down already.
Why not just get an iPhone? I often use my iPod for parties and such where I dock my iPod to the speaker for hours at a time, and don’t want to lose use of my phone, or interrupt the music whenever the phone rings. And AT&T’s 3G coverage is scant where I live.
I wish there were more phones like this one still available, and also wish they would pay more attention to good implementation of T9 texting (i.e. editable dictionary), camera/mic quality, large and richly featured contacts, large and savable incoming/outgoing call and text logs, threaded text messages, and such.
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HEAR!! HEAR!! Kudos for Lee!! I am not a 14 year old “tween” who lives to text. I just want a reliable phone. Hurray for 2002 [as in snide comment in review].