Nokia launches Supernova handsets

Nokia's Supernova handsets offer personalisation through exchangeable covers

Nokia has announced a range of phones dubbed Supernova aimed at style-conscious users.

The first four devices, due across the course of the year, feature two candybar handsets, the 7210 and the 7310, the 7610 slider phone and the 7510 clamshell.

All the new handsets offer a range of personalisation through exchangeable covers.

"As we rely more heavily on mobile phones to stay connected, they increasingly know everything about us and have become a window into our worlds, " said Jo Harlow, vice president of the Live category at Nokia.

"With the Supernova range, we set out to give people the ability to set themselves apart in the same way that they would with a traditional statement accessory."

The 7610 features a 3.2-megapixel camera with dual Led flash and 8x digital zoom, instant messaging and TV out for image sharing.

It also includes a feature which allows users to identify and capture any colour and apply it to the phone's key illumination and wallpaper.

The Nokia 7610 will be available in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of €225 before taxes and subsidies.

The 7510 clamshell features a push-to-open side key, a hidden-until-lit display and a reminder light. It also boasts a 2-megapixel camera with Led flash, 4x digital zoom and a 512MB microSD card.

The Nokia 7510 will be available towards the end of the year with an estimated retail price of €180.

The 7310 includes a 2-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and TV out for image sharing, instant messaging and playing preinstalled games on TV. An FM RDS radio and an MP3 music player complete the offering.

The Nokia 7310 is available "soon" with an estimated retail price of €155.

Lastly the 7210 comes with a gloss finish and allows to users to enjoy music sideloaded from a PC or purchased from Nokia Music Store.

Memory is expandable via an SD memory card slot and photos taken on the 2-megapixel camera can be directly uploaded to Flickr.

The Nokia 7210 Supernova will be available in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of €120.