One can love or hate Apple iPhone, but one thing's sure: it has brought a great deal of change to mobile phones. Its menu system, which focuses on user experience and it's easy to control with a finger was a real push for touchscreen models, which created an increasing demand on the market. The first company on the global market to make use of this was Samsung, who have smartphones and widget-based phones with a closed OS for sale at a relatively reduced price. LG had a similar strategy, while Sony Ericsson, HTC and RIM offer only smartphones with a touchscreen. Nokia took a lot of time to react to the changing market needs and still have only one touchscreen model on the market, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, based on Symbian Series 60 Touch, even though Nseries N97 is set to be released soon. According to TheStreet.com, the manufacturer is planning to launch three new touchscreen phones this fall, which will make use of the Immersion VibeTonz touch-feedback solution that is based on vibration modulation. Still, there is no new information available about the manufacturer's Haptikos display, which has previously been displayed at many expos. The Finnish manufacturer has previously declared that they will have touchscreen solutions even in the cheapest price segment, although there is no touchscreen edition available of the Series 40 and Series 30 platforms, even though vesides the currently available Flash Lite 3.0 and Java support, WRT (Nokia widget) support would also be easy to port to these handsets.
Nokia Eco concept - not a real model
Translated by Szaszati
