Nokia is out with two new 3G slider handsets – the Nokia 6700 Slide and the Nokia 7230 – set to release in the first quarter of 2010. Here’s what you need to know about each handset.

Nokia 6700 Slide:

• Available in six colors – pink, red, petrol blue, aluminum, lime and purple (heck doesn’t the picture remind you of the iPod nano?)
• Compact aluminum design
• 2.2 inch display – 320 x 240 resolution with support for 16 million colors
• 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
• Dedicated capture key, autofocus, and dual LED flash
• Edit and upload to the web directly from the handset (share to Ovi, Flickr, Picasa, etc)
• 3G connectivity
• Support for SMTP, IMAP4, and POP3
• Stereo FM radio
• Measures 95.2 x 46.1 x 15.9 mm and weighs 110 grams
• microSD card slot
• Quad band GSM EDGE 850/900/1900/2100
• WCDMA 900/1900/2100
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• 2.5mm AV connector

Nokia 7230:

• 3.2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
• 2.4 inch display – 240 x 320 resolution with support for 262K colors
• 3G connectivity
• Email, IM, and social networking support
• Share pictures online with web services
• Support for Google Talk and Windows Live
• Support for Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail
• microSD card slot
• 3.5 mm connector
• Dedicated image capture key
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Quad band GSM EDGE 850/900/1900/2100
• WCDMA 850/1900/2100 (Latin America, North America, Australia and Israel)
• WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (rest of the world)

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