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Nokia shows off 'Tube' iPhone-lookalike
The world's largest handset maker is starting to talk about its response to Apple's iPhone, 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," according to Tom Libretto of Forum Nokia.
It's fair to say the iPhone forced just about every handset maker to take a second look at their product development lineup. HTC and LG have shown off their iPhone-lookalikes already, and more will probably start to appear over the rest of the year.
Nokia didn't provide a time frame for the launch of the Tube. Several Web sites have put up a grainy picture of a phone that purports to be the Tube, but I can't figure out who took the original image, so I'm not putting it here until we figure out if it's real, or if proper credit can be assigned. I can, however, show you what all the fuss is about through the magic of hyperlinking.
Tom Krazit, a staff writer for CNET News, focuses on all things Apple. He has covered traditional PC companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, chip companies such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and mobile computers ranging from Research In Motion's to Palm's. E-mail Tom.
many of them will be sued into oblivion. Apple has patents on
almost every useful technology the iPhone employs, and if history
is any indication Apple will protect their intellectual property with a
vengeance. That is why I'm long AAPL shares, and will remain so.
They have the lead, have the patents, and have the technology.
It is very dissapointing that, we- the consumer have only one option for a large touch screen phone. SURE... we can talk about samsung, or HTC, sony, but in reality none of those companies are doing it right so-far. (I have high hopes for the Xperia X1 !!)
How hard is it to make one giant screen , apparently too hard for any company but apple.
Sad...