Nokia’s Answer to Iphone due this year

Posted on 09. Apr, 2008 by Sarthak K in Gadgets

Nokia remains at work on its answer to the Apple iPhone, codenamed “Tube”. The world’s largest handset maker is starting to talk about its revolutionary gadget, almost 10 months since the iPhone made its debut.

Nokia showed off the Nokia Tube in a presentation slide noticed by Infoworld at a software development conference in California Monday. The Tube, like the iPhone, is a touch-screen phone that can be manipulated using your fingers, and is Nokia’s “first touch device.”

More details about the development have surfaced, days after its existence leaked out at a developer conference. Here’s a rare first look at Nokia’s cool device:

The “Tube” will arrive in the second half of this year, according to Symbian Freak. A Nokia spokesman confirmed the timing to Computerworld but didn’t offer any further details other than the obvious notion that the “Tube” will use Symbian’s S60 operating system. Nokia owns a large stake in Symbian.

According to Symbian Freak, the Tube (real name TBD) will come with:

- 3G,

- Wi-Fi

- GPS chips

- a screen sized between 3 inches and 3.5 inches (similar to Nokia N 73 but wider)

- built-in camera that can also support geotagging of photos

Of course, the above are just a small highlight of the expected features in Nokia’s most advanced offering. There are bound to be many more old and new features. Keep visiting to be regularly updated!