Nokia Wants an iPhone too

Nokia Wants an iPhone too

Techtree News Staff, Apr 10, 2008 1742 hrs IST

The Finnish phone maker is gearing up with an answer to Apple's iPhone.

Apple could be called the "pied-piper" of some technologies. First it was their iPod blueprint that was vehemently being aped by companies big and small; now it's the turn of their multi-touch interface iPhone to pull crowd.

After Samsung, LG, HTC, and Sony Ericsson; now Nokia has announced that it is gearing up with an answer for the iPhone. Reportedly, Nokia's multi-touch interface bearing phone codenamed "Tube" was shown on a slide at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference in Redwood City, California.

There's nothing special one could say about "Tube" other than the fact that it looks unsurprisingly similar to the iPhone -- if the pictures of "Tube" that are now doing the rounds of the Internet are indeed to be believed.

"Tube" will function on the latest Symbian Series 60 platform. It will also support Java, and is likely to have HSPDA, WLAN, and uPnP connectivity options. The phone will sport a 5 mega pixels camera as well.

Apple claims it has sold over 4 million iPhones till date; the company's spokesman has confirmed that Apple expects to sell 10 million iPhones this year. It is not a surprise that other phone makers are dreaming to achieve similar or better targets.

Nokia currently hogs a little more than fifty percent of the world's market share when it comes to the sale of wireless devices. With "Tube" expected to be launched in the next couple of months (the iPhone is expected to legally hit the Indian market around the same time); will the Finnish phone maker be able to add its upcoming multi-touch phone to its long list of hot sellers? Or will it simply succumb to the hype that is the iPhone?



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I agree. Check this out yourself to know why Nokia sucks. http://www.icrpc.org/icrpc.org.beware.htm I had a very similar problem. I wish I had read this article before.

by Helping Others, Bangalore, on Apr 18, 2008 12:21 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Are you just speculating that the iPhone will hit indian shores

by Sam, Madras, on Apr 15, 2008 12:01 AM, Report abuse   Reply

yes nokia care sucks s60 is a better platform... ...n95-1 is the slowest s60 phone i have ever used(slower than 6600) ...http://blogs.s60.com/seeintos60/2007/06/iphone_vs_s60_devices.html

by haider, Lucknow, on Apr 14, 2008 02:24 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Nokia phone sucks. Most importantly the Nokia care centers in India is with full of useless idiots and cheats. If you buy a Nokia phone and end up with a problem then thats the end of it. I would definitely not buy a Nokia ever; whatever may be the feature they provide with whatever cost. Nokia sucks.

by Anonymous, Chennai, on Apr 13, 2008 03:30 PM, Report abuse   Reply

I cant understand,why Nokia wants to copy i Phone instead of launching some better models than i Phone!!! There is nothing special in i Phones,Nokia N95 series phones are much much better in all aspects.Nokia should try to bring some window smart phones as well and also try to launch Chip running phones ASAP with huge storage capacity and big touch screen.I am sure people will forget about i Phones....

by Dr.Kumar, Melbourne, on Apr 12, 2008 04:13 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Just use the iphone for a few days and then try going back to any other phone..

by Gaurav, delhi, on Apr 12, 2008 05:14 PM, Report abuse

I used Iphone for some time it has some deficiency too like it does it have a facility to send data by bluetooth and it does'nt have louder ringtones and it is a 2 megapixel camera clarity is fine in the phone but if u take a print out it does'nt have that clarity, otherwise iphone is a wonder

by djsuchith, Chennai, on Apr 13, 2008 11:34 AM, Report abuse

this is good news. apple is a monopoly, with crazy attitude problems. its good to have competition!

by ashok pai, bangalore, on Apr 12, 2008 12:23 AM, Report abuse   Reply

i CANT agree more with u.....for that reason (alone) i hate apple....however, if this tube wer to be launched, it wud be way more expensive than the iphone ,with all its 5 mp stuff.....

by pa1pa1, mumbhaiii, on Apr 12, 2008 02:09 PM, Report abuse

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