One of the aspects of the N70 blogger program is to recycle the units and send the returned “review” units out after making sure all prior data has been removed.

The idea of recycling the units and having other bloggers get a chance to experience the Nseries had been a positive experience for many, providing a foundation for comparison between models, a chance for niche bloggers to experience the Nseries and overall generating a positive, good will effort. Given the experience with the units to date, the Nseries phones for the most part the units have proven to be sturdy and additional reviews, comments and awareness were generated as well as valuable feedback that has helped refine the program.

Unfortunately, one of the recycled units had an unreported, undetected and unknown defective camera lens. This likely was a result of prior handling, or may have been damaged in transit, but there is no real way to tell. But unlike some we don’t look at this as a negative, as it revealed something to us. This occurrence proves that the secondary market for mobile devices is not likely a viable one and that consumers should be wary of second hand phones that they may consider purchasing. With new mobile phones coming to market so quickly, and the opportunity to buy a near new model so tempting, this case reveals why the second hand market isn’t a wise choice for those expecting perfection.

We are actually appreciative of Osuma’s review and his efforts as it helps to point out one of the perils of buying second hand phones vs. new from the factory. In today’s era mobile phones are more than just phone, and in a time where it is easy to sell previously used or owned electronics consumers have to be wary. Unlike the automotive industry, there isn’t a pre-owned certification program for mobile phones.

One of the reasons for having a blogger relations program is to gain insight and feedback in an early warning system manner. Obtaining the kind of insight that we received from Osuma is exactly what is needed in an ever changing business marketplace, especially with consumers, and why programs like this are so important. As a result we are going to cease sending recycled units out to second and third round bloggers.

Consider this a point proven and a lesson learned on all fronts.

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Jenn is taking the N70 and relaly giving it a workout. Now she's working on the photo aspects.

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JK On The Run is getting ready to tell us all his impressions on two NSeries phones....

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Mr. Blog, whose identity is a mystery to some, but not all, knows his phones and is truely an acid tester.

Check out his very insightful and on the mark review of the Nokia N70.

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Jenn at Pocketables has started what we think will be a very extensive disection of the N70. Her first review is a wowsie wow eye opener so we can hardly wait for what she types next. All we can say is stay tuned to her musings about the N70 and more.

You go girl!!!

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Ubergizmo likes to put devices like the Nseries phones through their paces, and this review is no exception.

The reference to the unlocked phone bodes well for international travelers.

Let's Do Digital Picks up on the review as well.

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MyDigitalLife has a recap of a few reviews about the N70 from bloggers in the N70 program.

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Jonathan Greene tells us about a new presence service called Jaiku that lets you and others know where you are, and where you have been tht works with the N70.

You can sign up for Jaiku too here.

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You can now use LifeBlog 2.0 to upload photos and more to your TypePad powered blog, but as of now, Moveable Type isn't supported.

Here's where you can find the download for the N70 and other Nokia phones that are LifeBlog ready.

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ClickRich has posted a recent review of the N70 and basically comes to the conclusion that despite some challenges, likely caused by the carrier and possibly an update, that you can't take the N70 away from him.

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MobilitySite has wrapped up their reveiw of the N70 summarizing eight days of use that have been jounaled.

You can find links to all the daily comments on the blogpost here.

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Justin Oberman of MoPocket.com has his first review of the Nokia N70 up and makes some very insightful observations, one of which is how the lack of GSM 850 impacts users here in the USA.

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Matt tells us about an application that lets you shoot photos of whiteboard writing with your Nokia N70 and turn it into a PDF file.

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One of the initial critics of the NSeries Blogger Relations Program, Nobelizer, who helps keep all of us bloggers in check seems to have come full circle.

Really what he has done is used the blogs to decide what new mobile phone he really wanted. That was the N70.

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Jonathan Greene keeps putting the N70 through its paces, this time with a great new photo sharing app called Shozu.

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Om wrote this review back in December, when everyone else was learning about their N90s.

It is very complete, and for OM, who holds back priase extremely laudatory of the Nokia N90's capabilities.

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Roland thinks mobile data pricing is expensive in Canada, and he should know. He's a heavy user of Mobile data since he loves to upload photos and videos shot on his N70 it would appear.

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While highlighting the benefits of his Treo650 PalmSolo's Matt lamens that he wishes it had the N70's photo quality.

Thanks !

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Check out a view from the UK in PDA and Smartphone. Though not in the blogger relations program, the review provides lots of insight and opinion worth noting.

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AvecMobile has turned out a very comprehensive review of the N70 and taken the mobile phone through its paces.

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Nokia has introduced a new version of Lifeblog designed for the Nseries.

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Rodrigo who is about to really unleash vpod.tv on the world keeps teasing us all about the capabilities of the platform. While he's doing that, he's been showing off the capabilities of the N70 which works very well with vpod.tv.

Here he's interviewing a media celeb.

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Matt Miller of PalmSolo is finding a few practical ways to deploy his N70. He's used Google Earth Mapping and the GPRS data to stay on track while working.

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Alan Reiter has been blogging about camera phones for a long time. In his most recent post, he showcases the N70 in a natural surrounding, showing that the camera is not just for the birds.

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If you don't know about VPOD.TV get ready. It is one of the slickest applications and web sites around for vblogging. It works on the N70 like a dream.

Check out this video, shot by VPOD's own Rodrigo on the N70 and uploaded using his N70.

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I hate this has some very well thought out comments on some aspects of the N70 that they don't like in this comment.

But we like this comment:

Overally, my Nokia N70 is ok. Sometimes. When I don’t think of how good it could be if not for all those nasty minuses. I don’t hate Nokia N70, but I certainly hate particular things about it.

We appreciate the love, from Hate :-)

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Mobilitysite has authored their first thoughts on the N70, drawing some comparisons to their experience with Microsoft devices.

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Wayfinder GPS software works on the N70 and now there's CoPilot Live available according to MobileBurn.

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David Ponce is rather excited about his N70 in his first of a series of blog posts about the newest from Nokia.

He's also included some video that he shot with the N70 as well.

Uber Review Site Gizmodo picked up on the review...SWEET!

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PhoneReview, a UK site about mobile phones has a concise, facts based review of the N70 up today.

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Digital Lifestyle has shot some videos and created a video review (vBlog) of the N70.

Check it out here.

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Stowe Boyd recently exited from Corante, the company he started that helped kick off the idea of blogging as an extension of journalism. He's been busy checking out both the N90 and N70 and most recently started to dable with the wonderful add on from Nokia and Wayfinder, a portable GPS.

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Alec has started to use his N70 and refers us to a new service that is coming to make video and photo publishing more community like called Vizrea Snap.

I saw Vizrea at DEMO 2006 last week and was very impressed!

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Jonathan has been experimenting with two N70 and really Nseries friendly photo blogging tools.

These are the kinds of tools we all need to really blog on the go. LifeBlog, which is preloaded onto the N70 and N90 is a great start and can upload nicely to Flickr and Typepad, but these two programs seem even more interesting.

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I'm expecting real strong opinions both pro and con from Alan Reiter, one of the real veterans at reviews of camera phones and handheld devices. Alan has been around for a long time and his expertise on the subject is almost unequaled.

Alan just joined the Nokia Blogger Relations Program, due to my own oversight as I've always thought of him more as a reviewer, not a blogger due to how long I've been reading him from time to time. He's one of these guys you need to read when you want honest views on cell phones and camera phones.

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Another country heard from regarding the N70. Check out About Nokia's dispatch.

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Matt continues to experiment with his N90 as well as the N70 as part of the Nokia Blogger Relations Communications outreach effort. His comments on playing back movies on the N90 and about using the N70 with a GPS device are found here.

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DarkNet and New Media maven J.D. Lasica has taken both the N90 and N70 to conferences and trade shows. He's compared the two here in this posting.

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AllAboutSymbian has a very insightful review about the N70 that you can find here.

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Matt is at it again, already putting the N70 through its paces. This is a preliminary report and we look forward to what he's got to say....

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Business 2.0's Om Malik has a very educational post how to use your N70 to sync your Yahoo Address Book with the N70 and a Macintosh's Address Book.

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Oliver Starr is on a roll, finding two very interesting e-mail applications and one that is very N70 friendly.

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Roland Tanglao, a new member of the Nokia Blogger Relations Communications program has found a feature he really likes found in the N70.

It's the toggle mode between silent and general modes.

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Alice Hill of Real Tech News has a preview of her review of the new N70 from Nokia.

Does she sound excited or what? Gotta love that kind of enthusiasm about the latest and greatest Nseries to hit the USA shores.

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Welcome to the Nokia Nseries N70 Blogger Relations Blog site. Here you will find blogger and media information that you can repurpose and utilize in your blog postings about the N70.

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