Nokia Prepares Touch-Screen iPhone Rival

Here comes yet another iPhone rival, this time, from a more experienced competitor Nokia. Reports indicated that the big mobile phone manufacturer is engineering a new touch-screen smartphone.

According to Reuters, Nokia will unveil the said smartphone on a special London tech event this coming October 2. The smartphone has a codename Tube. And it will be the first smartphone from the company that controls a large percentage of the mobile phone market.

The Finland based company’s upcoming phone will be competing against Apple iPhone and the high-end phone models from Samsung and HTC.

The Tube phone was first announced in August, only today the details of the phone’s features were leaked to the public. The phone has touch-screen capabilities similar to that of iPhone. Sources also said that the phone will feature Wi-Fi connection and Java applet support. It will also have a DVB-H mobile TV broadcast.

Like Nokia other high-end units, this phone will have a remarkable music service. According to sources this is Nokia answer to the popularity of Apple’s iTunes.

Source: VNUnet