Nokia Unveils the new Nokia 6260 Slide

With a mind to allow people to really get connected with each other and use the mobile share their lives with friends and family, Nokia has released the Nokia 6260 Slide.
The Nokia 6250 sports a 2.4-inch 16M color display with the one-off resolution of 320 x 480 pixels (HVGA). It also has integrated 5 megapixel auto focus camera is accompanied by a dual LED flash which is only capable of recording VGA video at 15 fps as most recent midrange S40 handsets.
Speaking of web browsing, the Nokia 6260 comes with a Wi-Fi and a built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support and will be the first feature phone to sport the awesome Nokia WebKit Open Source Browser, previously available only on the Symbian S60 smartphones. It's one of the best mobile browsers currently boasting a virtual mouse pointer interface, incremental page rendering, visual history browsing and page mini-map. Flash Lite 3 support is also added to the S40 platform, which should make watching flash videos a breeze – another first for a feature phone.
The Nokia 6260 slide comes with the latest 3G technology, with high speed uploads (HSUPA) and downloads (HSDPA), a great camera, music player and web browser with a simple, instantly familiar interface. Combined with the range of Ovi services on offer, Nokia brings a compelling mobile Internet experience to a huge group of consumers.
Also included are Bluetooth 2.1, a microUSB port that is used for charging, and a 2.5mm A/V jack with TV-out functionality.
The Nokia 6260 will be available in beige or black in the beginning of 2009 at an estimated price of 299 euro before taxes and subsidies. That sounds a bit much as it will have a hard time competing with similarly equipped Nokia smartphones. Still, only time will tell.