Nokia's DVB-H-equipped N77 starts shipping

We first caught wind of Nokia's N77 handset all the way back in February, but those in Finland should now be able to actually get their hands on it, with those in India and Vietnam set to follow later this month. The big selling point here is the handset's DVB-H mobile TV capabilities, which'll let you watch live TV from a variety of channels, with a program guide also provided to help you out. Otherwise, the phone (or "multimedia computer," as Nokia insists on calling it) packs a 2.4-inch widescreen display, a 2 megapixel camera, tri-band GSM / EDGE capabilities, and support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA media. While Nokia isn't saying as much in this latest announcement, last we heard the N77 would run you €370, or roughly $490.

[dave @ Jun 11th 2007 3:58PM]

Good but is there any decent service provider out there?

[Ben @ Jun 11th 2007 4:00PM]

(Obligatory iPhone comparison.)

[Matt O @ Jun 11th 2007 4:08PM]

ill help you out... no multitouch!! i only buy phones with multitouch *sarcasm*

[Anthony @ Jun 11th 2007 7:07PM]

I think this is a smart looking phone. It's like the N73 but with out all that dead space after the LCD (which bugged me to no end)- there there still looks to be a bit of unused real estate they could have used to make the keypad bigger.

In the USofA it's worthless since most of the functionality wouldn't work, but for the rest of the world I hope does well.

[Gary Conrad @ Jun 11th 2007 11:00PM]

OMG a phone for $490. It wont sell. No one will pay $490 for a phone. No one has that much money for a phone. We can't afford it. Does it have 3G? It cant be successful without 3G. Does it work with Telenav? OMG!!! It better, cause anyone would be stupid as sh*t to buy this thing if it only had google maps. Will they sell 10,000,000 of these in the first year? If they dont it will be a complete failure. Nokia will go into bankruptcy.

[bluemonq @ Jun 12th 2007 2:24PM]

Psst, Gary, your fanboyism is showing.

If a company wants to make claims about how "revolutionary" a phone is, how it will change our lives in dramatic fashion, and allow the hype machine to run to near-nuclear-fission levels, it had better back up its claims, and you ought to expect some skepticism anyways, as with any "revolutionary" product. This? It's just a phone with a TV. You get to watch TV on the go. Nokia hasn't claimed anything beyond that.