Nokia has begun shipping the new 5140 camera phone, aimed at “outdoor and sports-minded consumers.” Even better, the rugged phone is Nokia’s first push-to-talk phone, so hopefully we’ll see it picked up by Sprint or Nextel as an option. As for the fitness part, Nokia has included some software to like stopwatches, a ‘Fitness Coach’ personal training program, and rugged Xpress-on shells — one of which even adds GPS capabilities. Sounds interesting, but I think we’ll wait to pass judgement until we can play around with one. Also, did someone punch Nokia’s designer in the eye the day they came up with the 5140? Maybe they were embarrassed to say they got in a fight or something, so they just went into work anyway and sort of blindly fucked around in AutoCad or whatever until their boss told them they could go home.
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