Comments on: Possible image of next-generation Nokia touchscreen handset revealed

By: nan-c

nan-c — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:29:58 +0000

lovv it!! i hope it is real, but if it is, it will be so confusing for me to choose between the N97 and this 1. but thumbs up for it.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:21:45 +0000

Nokia have confirmed it was just a mockup to frame some GUI concepts.

http://www.slashgear.com/next-gen-nokia-touchscreen-phone-leaked-0525382/

By: Dan T

Dan T — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:25:05 +0000

Can you explain why is the multi-touch so useful? Because you can zoom with two fingers? How the hell do you zoom when you have just one free hand? You know, normal people use phones with just one hand because they are usually on the street, in the car, with a bag in the other hand, etc … they are not all staying at a desk when using the phone. To me, from all the features the iPhone has, multi-touch seems to be the most useless one … it’s ok to have it, but hardly something to complain about if it lacks. Sending SMS to multiple contacts is for sure much more useful. Or having the posibility to make VoIP calls over 3G network (Apple blocked fring over 3G connections so you cant do that). Or having bluetooth with A2DP. Or having a faster browser with Flash 9 and Java support (like Skyfire) capable of running the original clips from Youtube, not some reduced version. Or being able to run multitasking applications. Or even to be able to make copy-paste. Not even talking about using your phone as a modem for your laptop. Now these are things I find a lot more useful. There are others too, not so important to me, like MMS, radio, video recording, autofocus, etc. But hey, if multi-touch can replace all these for you … that’s great.

By: konterkariert

konterkariert — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:39:33 +0000

This could be real.

There is similar information on the leaked Nokia Roadmap for 2009:

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/11/10/nokia-internal-smartphone-roadmap-revealed/

Nokia Codename “Eitri”

3.5-inch 640×350 display, pressure sensitive touch UI with tactile feedback and gestures, integrated compass and accelerometer, proximity sensor

By: Bull

Bull — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:42:48 +0000

Cant be true? This company takes 61% share off profits…

http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/10/107224/cmd08/CMD08presentations.pdf

By: dante

dante — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:45:09 +0000

Nokia wishes lol

By: Richard Ward

Richard Ward — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:57:24 +0000

Touchscreen haters please keep right.

By: JL

JL — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:46:33 +0000

@smokeonit

Apple has patents on it’s implementation of “multi-touch” but apples’ method isn’t the only method of doing such

look up “microsoft surface” for other ways of doing multi touch.

Just saying that Nokia could have developed their own system to do multi-touch.

The T-Mobile/Google G1 supports multi-touch in hardware but it’s not coded into the os (probably to steer clear of apple getting pissy about it)

By: Kali

Kali — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:40:55 +0000

The E-71 has kicked down the door

By: BLackuLa

BLackuLa — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:10:12 +0000

Im a blackberry user/abuser and this phone looks very interesting. I cant wait to see how the final form would look like.

By: Marco R

Marco R — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:13:14 +0000

If Nokia wants to sell more phones they need to start selling more handsets in North America. With over 300 million people in the US and 35 million in Canada and add Mexico they would sell a few more handsets…

By: M. D.

M. D. — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:01:21 +0000

Why do I see all this price out bickering when Apple had their first iPhone priced at $600. how on earth is 600 for a Nokia different than 600 for an iPhone.

2 sec memory span I guess

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:59:16 +0000

why exactly does CDMA suck Luke? As much as Verizon messes with people and charges too much, their network really is the best in the country. That’s been proven.

By: info

info — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:17:30 +0000

@ James Scherber

Actually that comment makes a lot of sense if this was presented to investors. It might not make sense to someone buying the phone, but for Nokia and stockholders that is exactly the reason for releasing a phone (volume and growth).

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:22:37 +0000

I wish CDMA would die out. I hope these touchscreen phones will only be GSM, as Nokia mainly provides to GSM providers. CDMA sucks, its really old and they need to itergrate and change technology. Hopefully these touchscreen phones will have LTE and hopefully it will change the look on CDMA. Sry Verizon…you SUCK! GSM 4 life

By: smokeonit

smokeonit — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:09:42 +0000

1st: this is a PS fake…

2nd: nokia is not capable of releasing a multitouch interface! most people, incl. BGR, fail to mention that only the iphone has the mulitotuch interface!!! small detail, big difference in everyday life!!!

By: Joe The Plumber

Joe The Plumber — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:54:00 +0000

I call bullshit as well.

Sorry Zach.

By: James

James — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:26:22 +0000

Yeah Nokia will price itself out of the US market permanently if the only smartphones we can use cost us $600-$900 plus dollars a piece.

By: Brandan

Brandan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:54:43 +0000

This phone would be great if Nokia phones weren’t so expensive. I’m not saying the iphone is great but if it comes between $199 and $599 for a touch screen phone withe similar capabilities. I think I’m going for the cheaper one.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:15:02 +0000

Keyboards, will eveutally die out, it will take a long time for that to do; but these are the upcoming of phones. Evenutally almost all PDA’s will be touchscreen and their response will be just like a keyboard

By: hcb4cu

hcb4cu — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:59:22 +0000

I don’t know about anyone else, but if this phone is real, that ear speaker sure looks uncomfortable.

By: kizzle

kizzle — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:58:58 +0000

Dont like it.

By: James Scherber

James Scherber — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:52:13 +0000

I call bullshit.

Read the text in the upper left hand corner:
“Best in class touch solution enables large volumes and growth”

It doesn’t make a lick of sense!

By: SpeedRazer

SpeedRazer — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:42:21 +0000

Maybe if Nokia’s actual handsets weren’t so fucking boring people would stop making fake mockups…

By: scott

scott — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:41:38 +0000

if i made a phone, this is what it would look like

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:35:54 +0000

Seriously, Zach? It’s that slow today? Come on, man.

By: Al Pavangkanan

Al Pavangkanan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:32:41 +0000

Its just concept art. Its not anything.

By: Fahad

Fahad — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:16:26 +0000

I dont think the North Americans shouldnt hold their breath for this … even if this somehow does make it here in the next 18 months, it will be much too overpriced to justify the cost over competitors ..

By: Brandon Sharitt

Brandon Sharitt — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:16:08 +0000

No keyboard? No thanks.

By: bakhti

bakhti — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:13:04 +0000

Wow, this looks gorgeous… as much as I like S60, this certainly looks better and I am digging square form factor. Awesome!