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Noah gets Nokia's flagship phone of the moment, the N97. Touch, QWERTY, 5MP, 32 GB, and an LL Cool J video promo. But is it enough to justify the $700 price tag?

Granted, the past few weeks have been centered around iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre news, but the guys at Nokia have been working hard as well.  Announced at the manufacturer's Connection 09 event in Singapore, the Nokia E72 and 5530 represents the latest move by Nokia to maintain their market share.  As the obvious successor to the E71, the E72 offers a 5 megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, integrated compass, 10.2Mbps HSDPA, and an optical navigation pad.  What's more, the device is said to launch with S60 FP2.  Available in the third quarter, the E72 will be available for around $489.

The 5530 XpressMusic is said to be a slightly lower version of the 5800, dropping 3G and shipping with EDGE offerings only.  Granted, Wi-Fi is still available, but the lack of 3G may be frustrating for some.  The device offers a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, 3.5mm jack, and a 640x360 display.  It will be available in the third quarter for roughly $278.

Source: Engadget Mobile

The Nokia E71 is one of our favourite QWERTY equipped smartphones, and judging by this latest video, we’re going to be equally impressed by its successor, the E72!  We first heard about a possible E72 way back in October last year, and even though the leaked picture was predicatably blurry, it does resemble the model we see in this new video.

Nokia Conversations debuted the E72 over the weekend, before getting all shy and removing it, however, some cunning bloggers managed to save it for prosperity, allowing us all to enjoy it now.  So, what’s the E72 all about?  Well, it’ll be available in three colours and will again sport a QWERTY keyboard, this time complimented by an optical mouse/click-wheel style D-pad.  It has a 5 megapixel camera and a front-mounted video call lens, voice command and a 3.5mm jack plug.

The video concentrates on the E72’s messaging abilities, emphasising both email and chat, plus pointing out excellent call clarity at the tail end of the advert.   Unfortunately, no mention of the E72’s availability is made, however the E71 was announced in June 2008, with a July launch, so coupled with this video, we’d expect official news very soon.

– Update –

So soon, in fact, that it was the day after!  With a third quarter 2009 release date, the E72 is a 3G phone with HSDPA and HSUPA, Symbian S60 3rd Edition, GPS, an electronic compass, a 2.4″ screen and MicroSD memory expansion.  The Navi wheel we saw in the video is confirmed, along with a slim 10mm casing, however we have yet to find out if this retains the E71’s metallic frame.  The E72 looks likely to be another winner for Nokia!

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