Compact. Unconventional. Cutting edge. The Nokia 7600 imaging phone is guaranteed to raise a few eyebrows - with an array of consummate features wrapped in a look that’s decidedly astounding.

It’s got a camera with video clip capture and play, fast WCDMA data download, streaming, music player, and changeable Nokia Xpress-on sleeves - all designed to let you reshape your world.

• Digital VGA camera & video recorder for video clips up to 50 minutes long
• 65,536 color display
• WCDMA/GSM 900/1800 Dual Mode
• Multimedia messaging
• Music player for MP3 and AAC files
• XHTML browser
• Multimedia Player
• Gallery - multimedia file storage
• Bluetooth wireless technology, IR and USB connectivity
• JAVA MIDP
• Music files as ring tones
• Xpress-on Sleeves with new materials

Microsoft and Nokia announced another collaboration, working with online music store Loudeye to deliver music to mobile phones.

Future music-oriented handsets from Nokia will play Windows Media Audio files, and include Windows Digital Rights Management to prevent unauthorized copying of music. “On the Internet, music is a phenomenon that’s accessed, stored, and managed on PCs,” and Microsoft was the right partner to work with in that market, he said.

“Customers will be able to enjoy their music on their Nokia phone or PC, download it on either platform, and transfer it between the two,” said Amir Majidimehr, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Windows Digital Media Division.

Nokia has announced a partnership with Microsoft to deliver e-mail to users of its mobile phones, but has ruled out the possibility of building Microsoft’s operating system software into its products.

Software supporting Microsoft Exchange Server’s ActiveSync protocol for synchronizing e-mail, calendar, and contact information will be a feature of future Nokia phones, thanks to a deal announced by the two companies at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes on Monday.

Support for ActiveSync will allow future phones based on Nokia’s Series 60 and Series 80 smart phone software to synchronize information with Exchange servers over the air. Nokia will continue to support the Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization Protocol and its own Nokia PC Suite software, which enable synchronization between a phone and a local PC.

The new Nokia 6680 imaging smartphone is optimized for visual sharing, boasting two integrated cameras, a flash, and a bright screen of up to 262,144 colors. Designed for ease-of-use, the active slide covering the back camera of the Nokia 6680 provides fast and intuitive camera activation as well as effortless switching between cameras during a video call.

A wide range of smartphone features, including organizer, video streaming and Internet browser, are complemented by 3G-enabled features such as two-way video calls, video sharing and always-on e-mail. Based on the leading smartphone Series 60 Platform, the handset is a tri-band phone for GSM 900/1800/1900, EDGE and WCDMA networks.

The Nokia 6680 imaging smartphone is expected to be available in March 2005.

In addition to two-way video calling functionality, which enables remote video conferencing, the Nokia 6680 imaging smartphone also provides for video sharing, a new multimedia service that allows people to share live camera views or video clips during a normal voice call.

By simply opening the camera slide, the show-you-what-I-mean type video can spontaneously be added to a voice call and dropped when no longer needed.

The Nokia XpressPrint printing solution makes producing great prints of images, as well as e-mails and organizer information, easier than ever. With Nokia XpressPrint, users can print directly from the Nokia 6680 imaging smartphone, using a range of compatible home or office printers or photo kiosks found in retail stores. In printing via PictBridge, for example, the handset is connected directly to a compatible printer via a USB cable. The Nokia XpressPrint solution also allows for wireless printing over Bluetooth wireless technology. Furthermore, the MMC card can conveniently be extracted from the side of the phone and inserted into a compatible printer for easy mobile printing.