With the release of the new Star Trek movie (coming soon!), Nokia have jumped on to their Trekkie band wagon! Hoping to attract the attention of trekkies/geeks everywhere, Nokia have released a special version of the Nokia 5800 (named, believe it or not, Nokia 5800 Star Trek edition – original eh?!). It comes with loads of goodies preloaded on it to make even the most hardcore of Trekkies excitable.
It still comes in the same colours as the normal 5800, which area bit basic – we have the engineer’s red, scientific blue and a silver one (as far as I can remember these are the poor chaps that are nameless and normally end up in a better place…).
It includes some cool ringtones like the ‘phazer’ sound and an ‘red alert’ noise, plus it is meant to have around 8 klingon noises!! (not sure what noises that are, maybe war cries?) But you should expect an angry outcry if the klingon, isn’t correct (yes there is an language dictionary). So plenty there to annoy your non-educated friends with.
I was hoping for some kind of logo on the back, but I have not found any evidence yet to satisfy my weird fascination with this phone. The handsets are meant to be released on Friday, so start annoying your network now! (I have heard rumours that it may be only available through Phones4u.)
So boldly go where man has not been before (apart from Mexico where the film isn’t being showcased due to worries about the swine flu), and get your hands on the Nokia 5800 Star Trek edition.
At least with this little gimik, Nokia’s major profit drop (90 percent in Q1) may seem some increase, but is does seem that Nokia are relying on the 5800 for all there revenue now – and this should help it along brilliantly.