Nokia Adds More GPS Functions to U.S. Phones

Global mobile phone leader Nokia released, the first new phone for the U.S. is the N78, an attractive, slim candybar with a range of mid-to-high-end features. It has GPS mapping, a true Web browser, a 3.2-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, an FM radio and support for playing a wide range of music and video formats on its 2.4", 320 X 240 screen. Like all of Nokia's N-series phones, it runs the Symbian Series 60 smartphone operating system.

The N78's new features include the ability to "geotag" photos with the location they were taken and an FM transmitter that lets it play music through FM radios.

The N78 also plumbs into Nokia's new GPS and Web services. "Share on Ovi" puts Nokia into the very busy marketplace of media sharing and social networking services, by giving phone owners a free place to upload their media, with unlimited storage and unlimited bandwidth. Nokia Maps 2.0 dramatically improves pedestrian directions and adds satellite images to their phone mapping software. The N78 will be available by June, for around 350 euros, or $509, before operator subsidies.

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