Nokia stumbles back into South Korea with hamstrung 6210

Now that South Korea's handset market is open for more vendors to enter, it's no shock to hear that Nokia will be taking its shot. Oddly, the 6210 Navigator -- which is a pretty decent handset in and of itself -- will be scurrying into the nation without its most important feature. Due to a curious Korean regulation that would force Nokia to "embed a server with stored map information," the Finnish giant is instead choosing to launch the handset without a navigation service. Why? Because it'd rather use a map server in Singapore, that's why. Only time will tell if such a handicapped phone will catch eyes, but what we're really wondering is if this situation will happen time and time again with future Nokia handsets. Compromise, anyone?

[Via UnwiredView]

[roomtek Posted Feb 3rd 2009 5:21AM]

First?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 11:34AM]

Fuck off and die you revolting nonentity!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 10:06AM]

how bout some f-ing CDMA nokia goodness

preferable an e71. or an Nseries

or an 8800 based uber phone. i think thats one of the best looking phones EVER!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 11:36AM]

The Navigator without navigation?
What a jolly neat idea!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 3rd 2009 9:36PM]

Guess it knows better than to try and compete with locals on the navi front.