Nokia revealed its NFC speakers a while ago, and a couple of weeks ago, while testing the Nokia N9, I had the chance to give them a quick test. Now Nokia’s announced how much one of these snazzy looking speakers will cost.
I didn’t have enough time to give the Nokia 360 Speaker a full test, but from a brief hands-on, they were certainly loud, and the ability to quickly tap and pair is quite cute. Mind you, at an asking price of $149.95, they’d want to be.
Nokia’s also announced pricing for for its NFC Wireless music receiver at $74.95, as well as a more plain (that is, Bluetooth, rather than NFC) BH-505 headset at $89.95. To date, we’ve not seen that many NFC-enabled phones on the Australian marketplace, but hopefully that’ll resolve soon. [Nokia]
Rogan
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 4:13 PMThe Nokia N8 has a built-in FM transmitter, although the distance between phone and receiving antenna is relatively small, it is great when travelling.
scottw
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 8:39 PMI could not agree more with the FM transmitter. Although the sound is inferior to the bluetooth, it sounds clear enough like a radio. Unlike bluetooth the FM transmitter doesn’t need as many requirements for the receiving radio, which in effect can be akin to carrying your entire music collection played through almost any radio.
maddogeco
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 5:37 PMive had the Nokia BH-505′s for about 6 months just the dull grey one not the bright coloured ones. The nfc pairing is brilliant tap and go. even is the head set is powered down. the sound is good and it blocks most outside noises
Carlo A.
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 6:03 PMthe BH-505 have Bluetooth AND NFC, they have since launch last year – please update article.