04-09-2008
Nokia's rumoured iPhone competitor was shown on a powerpoint slide at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference on Monday. The handset, code-named as 'tube' showed the familiar touch-screen user interface and was demo'd with a movie playback.
"It's our first touch device," Tom Libretto, vice president of Forum Nokia told InfoWorld. Interfacing with the system is done via touch similar to the iPhone. He said the company has not published the planned date of shipment for Tube.
This is not the first time that Nokia has shown off a touch-screen handset, as the company showed initial prototypes last November to analysts. The handset appeared to be using a touch sensitive screen with haptic feedback and a screen display which does resemble the iPhone interface, if only superficially. It is expected to be launched later this year. The company also added touch screen capabilities to its smartphone OS - the Series 60 platform - at around the same time...
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[Cellular-News.com]
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