Music Phones : Rhythm and Rhyme for a Rocking Time

Music has become an integral part of the mobile phone and various mobile phone manufacturers are launching especially dedicated music phones. Music not only thrills, it provides therapeutic value by improving one’s mood, making it universally popular. Who would not like a cell phone that performs a multitude of functions, as well as provides you with soothing strains to beat the winter blues?

Nokia has launched some smart phones with MP3 player and FM radio, giving you the perfect melodies on the move. Nokia has launched the N series, which comprises of some amazing music phones that provide the ultimate high for mobile music experiences. Some music phones from Nokia that merit special mention are the Nokia N70 Music, Nokia N73 Music and the Nokia 3250 music phone. To complete your music experience, the phones incorporate the Nokia Music Manager application, which makes music transfer in multitude of different digital music formats from your PC easy and convenient.

The music-infused Nokia N70 adds more memory (up to 1GB through RC-MMC memory expansion), so you can add song after song thanks to this additional memory capacity, and easily manage and synchronize your favorite tunes with your mobile device. It has dedicated music controls and a music-optimized headset to its already-robust set of features, which includes UMTS/EDGE data access, a pair of cameras (2 mega pixel and VGA), Bluetooth, an FM receiver, and a USB 2.0 port.

The Nokia N73 candy bar phone is an improvement over the N70 model as it has a few new music features, including up to 2GB of microSD memory, integrated stereo speakers, and the ability to sync with Windows Media Player. Besides that, the 3G handset comes with all the features in the original, including UMTS/EDGE data access, a 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss-designed optics, a 2.4-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth, an FM receiver, and an Office document viewer.

The Nokia 3250 has a music player that supports a wide array of digital music formats such as MP3, WMA, M4A and AAC, with the ability to download songs over the air. The Nokia 3250 can store up to 1 Gigabyte (750 songs) of high quality music through its onboard microSD memory card slot. The Triband GSM 900/1800/1900 phone, has a built-in two mega pixel camera along with an FM radio with Visual Radio client.

The camera is activated in the landscape mode by twisting the Nokia 3250's phone's keypad around 90 degrees, and images can be shared by MMS or printed on a compatible printer via Bluetooth. The Nokia 3250 is based on the popular Series 60 platform and Symbian OS, which gives users access to a wide range of third-party applications.

The Nokia 3250 is one of the first devices to feature the XpressMusic, which is going to stop music fans in their (favourite) tracks. Its unique twist design makes it quick and easy to switch between the music keys, the regular keypad and the camera mode.

Music phones from Nokia will provide experiences such as pod casting, Stereo FM radio with Station Directory and Visual Radio, and Music Recommenders, to further enhance your enjoyment of mobile music.