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Nokia Suitcase
By: Laiq Qureshi  &  Shayne Rana   |   Jan 03, 2008
The new year has come and gone, and we have some good news for music aficionados, especially those who bought Nokia Xpressmusic phones. Early in December we had received a mysterious black suitcase (a good reason to panic, wouldn't you say?) However, brave souls that we are, we decided to take a chance and open it. To our credit, the contents proved to be rather a surprise.


The kit contained the already reviewed Nokia 5610 and 5310 phones, with a host of products to aid the music experience. Apparently, the suitcase was just a teaser to what we were later told were products not yet launched in India. After a lot of digging we found out that JBL might be interested in bringing its docking station (present in the suitcase) to India. Well, let’s hope that's true. And since we went ahead and played with these products, we will let you in on the secret.

JBL Docking Station
The docking station is primarily for the Nokia 5310 Xpressmusic phone. The phone fits snugly onto the given space and the buttons on the station sort of latch on to the ones given on the phone, allowing you to control playback and volume from the docking station itself.



The best thing about the docking station is that it also charges your phone. The sound quality is something to kill for – it’s brilliantly loud. The lows are well-rounded and have a lot of character. You can feel the thump, and if we are talking about a small room, well let's just say you can have a blast. The volume can be cranked up to the max without much visible jarring. Once the 5310 is connected to the docking station, you can control playback, forward/rewind and volume from the external controls itself. Also with the converter (generally provided) you can blast music from any Xpressmusic phone, or even a regular MP3 player. So you need not limit the docking station usability to the 5310.

Altec Lansing Speakers
Altec Lansing speakers are in all fairness decent. This, however, is when compared to the docking station. For a small room, you can have a decent output, provided you do not blast the volume. The bass lacks warmth, and jars when the volume is pumped up high. This is because it doesn't have proper drivers to drive the sound.


Mind you, this isn’t a docking station. It has a 3.5mm cable sticking out, which can attached to any MP3 player. From the way it was packed, we got the impression that the speaker was clubbed with the 5610. Well, if it is, it’s heavily undermining the 5610!

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Technology at it higermost. This Stuff is getting compact yet bombastic
Sam j Dass @ Feb 10, 2008
I'm searching for a smart phone in low price with camera,bluetooth and radio features..
Sumit Kumar @ Jan 10, 2008
its rocking
Tushar @ Jan 05, 2008
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