Produced by Nokia, the 8800 (pronounced eighty-eight-hundred) is a mobile phone based on the Nokia Series 40 operating system. The 8800 features stainless steel housing with a scratch resistant screen weighing in at only 134g. It was first introduced in April 2005 and then commercially available in the United Kingdom in October 2005 on the O2 mobile phone network.
Features
- Durable stainless steel covers
- Fine-pitched screen protected by scratch-resistant glass window
- Integrated SVGA camera
- Active TFT display with 256K colours (208 x 208 pixels)
- 3D image engine for enhanced graphics
- Video recording and streaming
- Digital music player
- Device-to-device synchronisation
- Sliding keypad and screen with bi-stable spring mechanism and ball bearing tracks
- Injection molded keypad digits and symbols
It features a 24-bit TFT screen with a resolution of 208x208 pixels, an SVGA camera that can record videoclips in H.263 (SubQCIF) format at 176×144 pixels, built-in Bluetooth wireless technology, FM radio (when a wired headset is attached to the port on the bottom to act as an antenna), and playback of MP3 and AAC audio. It is also EGPRS (EDGE) capable.
The 8800 comes with two batteries as standard: BL-5X (600 mAh), with a talk time of up to 1.5-3 hours or up to 8 days standby time each. It operates on GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz frequencies (Nokia 6230 RH-13).
The 8800 is available in silver and limited edition black which is called the Sirocco edition.
The Sirocco Edition has a 2 megapixel camera and slightly updated keypad layout. It includes ringtones composed by Brian Eno, who is often cited as a founder of ambient music and is famed for his work as a composer and producer with Roxy Music, David Bowie, Talking Heads, James,and U2. Eno also composed the Windows 95 start-up sound.
Nokia 8800 
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