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Nokia held another five hour sale short sale at its Flagship stores as well as online. So this means Nokia is actually venturing further into the realm of reaching out to your customers. Good. The handsets that were up for sale included;

• 5800            $280.00
• E63              $195.00
• E66              $275.00
• E71              $285.00
• E75              $380.00
• N79              $260.00
• N85              $330.00
• N95 8GB    $355.00
• N96              $440.00

These prices actually give 30%-35% discounts on normal retail prices, which is a bigger discount than the previous three-hour sale. Now let’s see when Nokia does a whole day and we’ll be really smiling with all the glee out there.

If the iPhone 3G left you a bit disappointed and drooping at the cheeks, then cheer up. After all, the iPhone wasn’t the only good thing coming this June. There are phones and phones and phones. And handsets. And a definite pick-me-up should come in the fact that Nokia’s N97 was out this June. It’s definitely pricey, but everyone who has managed to keep their job and pay the mortgage through the economic crunch deserves to indulge and spoil themselves a little. (I mean put the kids’ braces off a month or two). The N97 is S60 5th edition with QWERTY, side sliding 640×360 pixel touchscreen, 5 mega pixels in camera and 32 GB in memory.  Available at Nokia Flagship stores. Anyone up for burning a hole in their wallets?

Nokia seems to be making a point of having a bad year. First the nonsense with the N86, and now with the 5800 XpressMusic. For the Symbian crazy crowd whom we told that the 5800 XpressMusic was in-stock and selling as of Feb 25, 2009 at Nokia Flagship stores, things took a very unpleasant turn. Oh sure the handsets showed up at the store all right, it’s just that the employees couldn’t sell them to you lot. Why? Have they gotten greedy and decided to keep them all for themselves? Hardly, this is a recession hit economy we’re talking about, not some fake horror movie. Nope, the employees have nothing against you, they just have a seriously messed up inventory system.  The stock hasn’t been entered into the database and, hence, they can’t charge you for it.  Worst part, till the time of this writing, the handset is still a no-show in New York and Chicago. If you’re planning on heading down to a Flagship store, call ahead and save yourself the exasperation of finding out after you announce to your friends you’ll be coming back with the Mother of all Symbian.