Nokia 2008-2009 smartphone roadmap surfaces
A dozen of Nokia smartphones leaked online with most of their major specifications, codenames and most importantly, their planned product announcement. Do not just get too excited though as there are no photos of the rumored devices so far. Still, there"s some quite interesting pieces of specs information.
Before we go to details, we can sum up that Wi-Fi, built-in GPS and 5 MP autofocus camera will become common features for the planned Nokia smartphones. The large displays, FM radio and MP3 players will also be on.
There is one phone that stands out of the crowd. This is a device codenamed Corolla that will boast an 8 MP AF camera, 3-inch VGA 16M color TFT display, and a QW-ER-TY keyboard. GPS, Wi-Fi with UPnP, FM transmitter, HSDPA, 128MB RAM, and 8GB ROM are among the other features of the device, mentioned in the leak.
The other two monstrous devices are dubbed Ivalo and Eitri, featuring 3.5" touchscreen displays, 5 MP AF cameras and FM transmitters. The other ammo in the spec sheet of Ivalo includes 32GB ROM, aGPS, Wi-Fi, TV-out, and Bluetooth. Jumping over to Eitri, pay attention to the 8GB ROM, microSD, pressure sensitive touch UI with tactile feedback and gestures support plus accelerometer and a proximity sensor.
We won"t be covering all phones in detail, so here"s a table that summarizes the important stuff about Nokia soon-to-be smartphones.
| Product code | OS Version | Product availability | Notes | |
| Widescreen touch, Naviscroll, QWERTY, AGPS, FM radio and transmitter, 5MP AF camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, TV-out | ||||
| Candybar, WiFi | ||||
| Candybar - successor to E51. AGPS with integrated compass, 3MP camera with LED flash, WiFi | ||||
| Version of Stella with hybrid QWERTY keypad | ||||
| Candybar, AGPS, 5MP AF camera with LED flash | ||||
| Follow-on to IP08. 3.5-inch wide touchscreen, 32GB ROM, AGPS, FM transmitter and receiver, 5MP camera, WiFi, TV-out, Bluetooth | ||||
| 3.0-inch VGA display, non-touch, 8MP camera, half QWERTY keyboard, 128MB RAM, 8GB ROM, WiFI, UPnP, HSPA, AGPS, FM transmitter | ||||
| Side-sliding QWERTY, WiFi, Bluetooth, FM radio, VoIP, GPS, 3.2MP camera, N-Gage support with gaming keys | ||||
| Landscape slider for AT&T using 6650"s guts. Quadband GSM, HSDPA, 2MP camera, 2.4-inch display | ||||
| Landscape candybar with QWERTY, 3.5-inch 640x350 display, minimum 8GB ROM, microSD, pressure sensitive touch UI with tactile feedback and gestures, charging via USB, 5MP AF camera with dual LED flash, integrated compass and accelerometer, proximity sensor, FM transmitter |
The recently announced Nokia N97 is quite close to the description of the handset codenamed as IP08 in the table above. This way the roadmap seems much more legit so there are some quite interesting upcoming Nokia handsets to be expected before the end of the year.
