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At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place in Las Vegas this week, Nokia has already introduced three new products: the N76 and N93i smartphones and the N800 Internet Tablet.

Nokia's N800 and N93i are follow ups to existing devices, the N93 camera smartphone and the 770 Internet Tablet, while the N76 is Nokia's first cell phone that's thin enough - at 13.7 millimeters thick - to compete directly with the RAZRs of the world.

The N800 is already available in the U.S. for $400 and in select European markets for 399 Euro, while the N76 and N93i aren't due to ship until later this quarter - and in Europe only (at least initially) - for 390 Euro (around $507) and 600 Euro (around $780), respectively.

N800
Nokia has brought its Internet Tablets under the umbrella of its NSeries, which, until now, only included smartphones. (The cell phone giant likes to refer to all of these devices as multimedia computers because of their multi-functionality.)

As with the 770, the N800 eschews any sort of cellular-wireless connectivity for Wi-Fi 802.11b/g. This thing is definitely more PDA than smartphone. It is a handheld, however, that's designed for messaging, Web access, and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling from a hot spot or Wi-Fi connection in the home or office. You can also leverage a wireless hookup to a Bluetooth-enabled phone to connect to the Internet.

Nokia says the N800 is faster than its predecessor, adds a camera and full-screen finger QWERTY keyboard, and runs on an upgrade to the company's Internet Tablet operating system, among other enhancements.

In addition to Google's gTalk for VoIP calling, available with the previous model, Nokia has struck a deal to enable Skype service on the N800 as well.

Sleeker looking and thinner (0.5 inches) than the N770, the N800 has the same-size 4.1-inch, 800 x 480 pixel and 65,536 color resolution display.

Inside is a 320MHz processor, 256MB of Flash ROM, and 128MB of RAM. There are two SD card slots for memory expansion, stereo speakers, a slot for the bundled stereo headset, and support for the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocol to more easily connect to compatible TVs, audio systems and PCs.

The battery rates for only up to 3.5 hours browsing time and up to 12 days standby.

It also includes the Opera browser, Flash 7, a media player, an RSS reader, e-mail, instant messaging, handwriting recognition, Internet radio, a PDF viewer, file manager, notes, calculator, among other additional applications.

N76
The 4.2 x 2.0 x 0.5-inch (106.5 x 52 x13.7- millimeter) N76 clamshell weighs in at a mere 4 ounces (115 grams), but it doesn't skimp too much on features.

There's a 2.0 megapixel camera for picture and video, 2.4-inch, 16 million color QVGA (240 x 320 pixel) internal display, 160 x 128 pixel resolution external screen, support for industry-standard 3.5 mm headphones, dedicated music and volume controls, 26 MB of RAM, and a microSD slot for memory expansion.

   

It runs on the S60 3rd Edition interface on top of the Symbian OS. And the quad-band GSM/EDGE smartphone supports the 2100 MHz UMTS 3G band, which is not available in the U.S, unfortunately. Rumor has it, however, a version of the N76 that nixes UMTS could be available later this year in the States.

N93i
The 93i is more of an update than a full-on upgrade to the already feature-packed N93 smartphone.

Nokia performed several tweaks to the overall form factor of the device to make the 93i a bit more attractive. For example, the 4.3 x 2.3 x 1.0 inch (108 x 58 x 25 millimeter) N93i is slightly smaller, including the length, which is down 10 millimeters and depth, which loses 3.2 millimeters. It also weighs less due to this loss in bulk: 163 grams (5.7 ounces) to the N93's 180 grams (6.34 ounces).

Unlike the N93's keypad, which sticks up a little, the N93i's typer has been flattened in a manner that’s similar to the etched keypads found in Motorola's RAZR and KRZR lines.

Also, the mirrored finish on the front of the new model is much slicker than the N93's, and it can hide the smartphone's external 128 x 36 OLED display.

The device's QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) internal display receives a color boost, going from 262k in the N93 to 16 million.

And the N93i still sports a Carl Zeiz 3.2 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom and autofocus. It can capture and playback VGA (640 x 480 pixel) resolution video at 30 fps.

There's Bluetooth (2.0), 50 MB of RAM, UPnP, a music player, FM radio, and a miniSD card slot. And, as with the N76, the Symbian/S60-run N93i is a GSM/EDGE smartphone (quad-band in its case) that supports the 2100 MHz UMTS 3G band. It adds Wi-Fi, however.

Integrated into the Nokia N93i is a free new personal video and photo blogging service -Vox, - from a company called Six Apart. With Vox, you can select video or photos in the gallery of your N93i and upload them directly in their original size, in addition to text, of course.