AT&T Nokia Surge Release Date Confirmed Surge Available on AT&T from July

AT T and Nokia have officially confirmed the up and coming availability
of the 3G Nokia Surge smartphone which comes with a slider style QWERTY
keyboard, a 2.4 240 x 320 resolution display and which, thanks to its
social network friendly nature is billed as being billed as 'a socially
supercharged smartphone'.

The Nokia Surge, which runs Nokia's Symbian S60 OS, offers SMS, SMS,
email and Instant Messaging functionality and, as you'd expect from a
'socially supercharged' handset the Surge will allow users to upload
stills imagery and video (captured with its 2 megapixel camera) to the
likes of Flickr, YouTube and Facebook with ease whilst, in terms of
other key features, you can also factor in inbuilt GPS which, with AT
T's Navigator application allows the device to function as a reasonably
feature-rich PND and there's also Napster Mobile, eMusic Mobile and XM
Radio support allowing users to download music to the phone.

Designed in the U.S., this socially charged smartphone comes in a
sleek slide form factor that supports social networking and messaging -
and all on an open platform, said David Petts, vice president and
general manager, AT T Account, Nokia. Together with AT T, we're excited
to address the increasing demand for smartphones with a device that's as
attractive to the customer as it is to his or her wallet.
AT T Nokia Surge Key Features:

GSM 850/900/1800/1900/HSDPA850/1900
Display: 16M color 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches TFT
Edge: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
GPS with A-GPS support; AT T Navigator
Camera: 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, QVGA video
SMS, MMS, Email, IM
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Stereo FM radio with RDS
128 MB built-in storage
MicroSD slot (up to 8 GB)
Size: 97.5 x 57.9 x 15.5 mm
Weight: 123.9 g
Talktime: Up to 4 h 50 min (2G) / Up to 4 h (3G)
Standby Time: Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
In terms of pricing the Nokia Surge will come in at around $80 on AT T
based on a two year contract following a mail-in rebate and should be up
for grabs from July 19th.