Matt Croydon noticed on sunday that the FCC has approved the Nokia N70. This is very strange, because the N70 is a GSM 900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 2100 device - while usually US handsets need to be GSM 850 or WCDMA 1900.
Maybe this is in preparation for the planned FC auction of the 2100 spectrum next year, but it seems rather early.
More likely, this is a publicity stunt (we're glad to help!) to persuade users in Europe, Africa and Asia to wait for the N70 instead of going out and getting the Sony Ericsson K600i now. This might provide punters with a little more hope that the phone is just-around-the-corner.
The N70 is the symbian phone to get for the foreseeable future if you need 3G services; otherwise, wait for the N91 which has yummuy-licious 802.11g goodness. (and a 4GB microdrive built-in)
The rumoured release date for the N70 in the UK is the last week of september.
Update 5th September: Nokia N70 has qualified for Bluetooth V2.0+EDR.
