Nokia’s touchiest week

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Expectativa por el Nokia World 2008
Published 12/1/2008 by Mauro at Celularis
Con poca información filtrada y muchos rumores, mañana arrancará el Nokia World 2008 en Barcelona que seguirá hasta el miércoles. Muchos apuestan a que finalmente se presenten de manera oficial a los Nokia E72 o E75 mientras otros están hablando de un nuevo celular con teclado QWERTY o hasta algún tipo de servicio. Y porqué no un Nseries con pantalla táctil. Lo cierto es que Scobleizer fue invitado al evento y estuvo hablando con un ejecutivo de Nokia que le reveló que el miércoles ...

We’re at Nokia World this week: Here’s hoping
Published 12/1/2008 by John Biggs at CrunchGear
... Scobleizer and our own Scott Merrill are both in Barcelona this week to see the latest from Nokia in the upcoming year. The promise, according to Scoble, is a device that will be a game changer for Nokia. Here’s what he heard: ...

Nokia flagship N-series touchscreen smartphone imminent?
Published 12/1/2008 by Chris Davies at SlashGear
... Nokia are preparing to launch what could be the company’s flagship touchscreen cellphone this coming week.  The device, which according to Robert Scoble no internet rumor has yet pinned down exactly, is believed to be a high-end handset which only “a handful of people” within Nokia have seen.  Scoble suggests that it could include Broadcom’s new chipset that combines WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth, which the company themselves confirm is “just about” to be announced. ...

Nokia teases major new product launching tomorrow
Published 12/1/2008 by Nilay Patel at Engadget
... Interesting. Our pal and yours Robert Scoble says that Nokia execs are running around bragging that "the Internet" is totally in the dark on this one, and that only a small number of people within the company have seen the new device. That's certainly got our ears perked up -- we're guessing this is something a little more major than that hinted-at touch Communicator. We'll let you know right away if you want to stay up with us -- the event is scheduled for 3:15AM EST. Read - Scoble's take Read - Nokia countdown clock Filed under: Cellphones ...

Blackberry’s Imperfect Storm
Published 12/1/2008 by Jeremy Toeman at LIVEdigitally
... Instead, the BlackBerry Storm might just be the mullet of phones.  It’s probably the best “other” touchscreen phone on the market (so far), but that’s just not good enough.  There are plenty of ways to compete with the iPhone, and I’m dissappointed at the lack of originality and creative thinking displayed by other cell phone manufacturers.  Something tells me the best competition will come out of left field, the way Asus first innovated with their eeePC.  I hope the clever product people at RIM who’s ideas got shot down to ...

Nokia Prepping for Big N-Series Announcement Wednesday?
Published 12/1/2008 by Simon Sage at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News, Information, and Analysis
... we were hearing about a touchscreen number from Nokia called Eitri with proper haptic feedback, a 640 x 350 display, 5 megapixel camera, FM transmitter in a slider formfactor, but Nokia execs have made it loud and clear that none of the blogs have been able to nail down what they’ve been working on. Well, now you’ve got us tickled curious - do your worst, you wily Finns, we’ll be listening on Wednesday. Keep an eye on that countdown… [via Scobleizer] Related News from IntoMobile: Nokia preparing ...

Secret Nokia Plans
Published 12/2/2008 at Mobilewhack.com
... In a good promotion effort by Nokia, they’ve presented a countdown timer on their website which is somehow related with plans to launch something big, and for now it is still a secret. Could it be a new cellphone? A new service? A handset to compete with the iPhone? We will only know exactly in 7 hours from now, more specifically at 3:15AM Eastern time. PS - According to Scoble and an unknown Nokia executive, it is a new device and surprisingly it hasn’t been leaked yet, unlike previous Nokia secrets. ...

Nokia has more up its sleeve than just the N97
Published 12/3/2008 by Mike Evans at Mobile Mentalism
... Today's Tuesday (well, it's not, its 12:38am when I'm writing this, so technically it's Wednesday, but you know what I mean!), and the N97 has already been announced. If Scoble's right, and there are more announcements to come on Wednesday morning, then Nokia must have something even bigger up their sleeves than the world's best Facebook phone and a new Home Music Streamer! Or, Scoble just got confused with time zones and confused Wednesday with Tuesday! [Source: Scoble, MediaMentalism]