Nokia 6710 Navigator and 6720 Classic announced

Since the first Nokia Navigator made its appearance two years ago, the company has been updating and improving its location based services steadily and has now introduced the latest arrival in its Navigator line, the Nokia 6710 Navigator. Another new arrival is the Nokia 6720 Classic, which builds on the Nokia heritage of traditional candybar phones that excel in all areas.

The Nokia 6710 Navigator includes the latest developments in the Maps software with real time 'drive and walk' navigation, full regional maps and hardware elements like the dedicated navigator key, touch area for easy zooming and a large display optimized for outdoor viewing. The recent integration of Maps with Ovi allows people to pre-plan their journey at home on their PC and synchronize with their mobile device. Additionally, Maps has been updated to include a number of new features such as high-resolution aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities, terrain maps, weather service, premium travel and events content and traffic and safety warnings. With both of the new devices including a compass, working in conjunction with the new features of Maps, the pedestrian navigation experience has been significantly improved.

Included inbox is the Nokia CR-111 car holder, which cradles the Nokia 6710 Navigator easily in the car and completes the driving navigation solution. For those that want a little extra, there is a new arrival from Nokia accessories in the Nokia Speakerphone HF-310, which boasts high quality hands free with echo cancellation and noise reduction. The speakerphone is easy to use in the car or office and can be installed easily with three different fixings.

To complement the impressive mapping capabilities, both the Nokia 6710 Navigator and the Nokia 6720 classic offer an improved design with a slightly curved shape, providing a pleasant feel with a soft touch surface. When holding the devices to take photos with the 5 megapixel camera, standard with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash on both handsets, the new shape makes them easier to hold.

The Nokia 6720 classic makes sure that people also get the best voice experience with the curved design fitting perfectly to the users face and new active noise cancellation, a feature appearing for the first time in the Nokia 6720 Classic, which significantly improves the quality of voice by cutting down on external ambient sounds. Of course, all other features one requires are easily accessible with up to 20 days of standby time, high speed uplink and downlink Internet access and a TV-out connection for sharing images and video.

Features of the Nokia 6710 include:
* S60 3rd Edition platform
* Dimensions: 104.8x50.1x14.9 mm
* 2.6" inch outdoor optimized QVGA display (320 x 240 pixels)
* Weight: 117 g
* 5 MPix Carl Zeiss camera with high quality flash
* High speed Internet access (HSDPA/HSUPA and WLAN)
* 50 MB user memory, 2GB microSD card, support for up to 16 GB
* Built-in GPS with A-GPS support
* Nokia Maps 3.0
* Integrated compass pedestrian guidance
* Access to locations, maps and routes with Navigator key
* Maps support in Calendar, Contacts and Gallery
* Zoom area for easy browsing and easy zooming of maps and images
* Drive and Walk navigation included with premium content such as real time traffic information, current whether, POI content eg movies, events etc.
* Regional maps preloaded on the device
* Navigation ready to use without SIM-card
* Full voice-guidance

The Nokia 6720 classic is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2009 at an estimated retail price of 245 EUR before taxes and subsidies. The Nokia 6710 Navigator will join in the third quarter with an estimated retail price of 300 EUR, before taxes and subsidies.