Nokia Patented Device
Eldar Murtazin in his “8 Megapixel Arms Race” article confirmed that Nokia are currently working on their 8 Megapixel Smarthphone. It is rumoured to be announced in September and is expected to hit the stores in December, right in time for Christmas.
The devicei s expected to be similar to the one in the patented picture. It is also rumoured to have optical zoom and a large screen with VGA resolution.
I’ve been suspecting this would be Nokia’s rumored device codenamed “Gadget”! I’ll only assume from that camera canister that it not only will have optical zoom, but a rotating canister as well! It looks like they almost envisioned the N90’s swivelling canister atop this beast from day one.
I wonder if it will be a touch device or a 3rd Edition, or a touchless 5th?
I’m not a fan of that Dpad, or the new N82 style ones. I really love the compact N95-2 Dpad. Just make it 8-way for better accuracy and improved gaming.
I’d prefer a scroll wheel along the right side instead that could function as a volume key or controllable macro zoom control depending upon the current app.
Also, having 2 N90’s, with one having no lens outer protection, as I cracked and broke it, I pray the incorporate some sort of lens shutter cover. And some really large, flat, responsive N90-esque buttons would help too.
And being that the US is now a mandated HDTV state, we need WVGA, but VGA is welcome!
Thanks for reposting the patent drawings to refresh our memory and quell all the uncomfortable fidgeting and unrest.
what will be the estimate cost of this phone ????
If they get this ‘Gadget’ right, with REAL connectivity, multimedia (imaging etc) abilities, speed and reliability, I’d buy two and forget any ideas of having to lug video-camera, digital still-camera, garmin, mp3 player and such wherever my adventures take me!
Its the nokia corolla. 8MP Camera, 3″ vga display, 1/2 Qwerty keypad, xenon flash, wireles lan b&g, 10.2Mbps hsdpa (4G), 8GB ROM (32GB Flash memory card), Nokia N85 refresh. Will be announced in 3GSM 2009 as N88. N98 will be announced later Sometime between august 2009 and december 2009.
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