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Rumour Mill: Has Nokia snubbed European operators over Tube/5800 launch date?
The European launch of Nokia's high-profile 5800 XpressMusic handset (more commonly known as the 'Tube') has slipped from Q4 until sometime early next year.
However, the 5800 will be launched in emerging markets such as India, Russia, Asia and the Middle East sometime during Q4. This move by Nokia, which has surprised many European observers, has prompted speculation that the company felt snubbed following the resistance by the major mobile operators to offer Nokia's Comes with Music service.
What seems likely to happen in Europe is that Nokia will launch the 5800 exclusively with Orange in February 2009 given that this operator lacks the iPhone, the Android G1 or the new Blackberry Storm. Nokia has commented that the 5800 will be provided SIM-free for around €250.
The deal that Orange has signed with Nokia has not provided them with an iPhone-killer outside of its home French market. Whilst lauded by many anti-iPhone commentators for its touchscreen interface and focus on mobile music, Nokia has made clear that 2009 will see the launch of a handset better able to compete with Apple's iPhone device.
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Comments
Posted by Anonymous | October 9, 2008 - 5:45am
Let me say this, Nokia is way ahead of Apple when it comes to Mobile World. Giving their touchscreen at such a low price does'nt mean they are not going to make profit, nokia is not new in this department. I dont know why everyone shouts about its apps and coverart feature. Nokia s60 has thousands of apps from office to multimedia. And how can anyone call apple cool with 2mp camera with no video. I think they are waiting for samsung to create a chipset and help them out. And i think nokia doesnt want to fall in the hands of aggrements and just want to enhance consumer experiences which is the way it should be. Not giving locked sims, unable to change battery and millions of other restrictions.
And my last point why all these c.net people shout so much apple browser, dont they know it doesnt even support flash, it displays well only because bigger screen. Please tell them to go to college and study first.
Posted by Anonymous | November 30, 2008 - 11:37am
Bravo! My sister has an iphone and i have n95...iphone doesnt even support mms the way it should and cant send files over bluetooth. It is also way more expensive so iphone only looks cool...
Posted by Anonymous | February 12, 2009 - 4:21am
My brother bought a Iphone and we couldn't find how to copy a msg to re utilize and how to forward a SMS.
For such a high price, Apple should provide this minimum functionality,.
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