Nokia Tube Resurfaces

June 12, 2008 in Handsets, Nokia, Vodafone

Remember those rumors of a touch screen Nokia handset we heard about a few months back called the Nokia Tube?

Apparently the iPhone 3G announcement and nearby Samsung Instinct launch have awoken the Tube from its slumber, along with a couple other Nokia handsets (N79, N85). With the premiere N-Series phone - the N96 - already lined up, we’re not so much infatuated with the N79 and N85 scoops.

But this Nokia Tube thing… we want more. Here are a few new pictures of what is claimed to be the Nokia Tube:

A couple things that are noteworthy in the pics:

The Stylus! When your fingers aren’t precise enough, I guess you’re supposed to use this. Wired.com points out that stylus’ are pretty much pointless, but we’d have to strongly disagree. Handwriting anybody? Doodling on photos? Come on… the new mobile apps coming out could put this to GREAT use.
Vodafone branded, so it will likely come out on Vodafone in Europe first… and HOPEFULLY it will make its way to the states. But since we don’t even know if the phone is real yet, thats jumping to conclusions a bit.
Fits into the XpressMedia line of Nokia Phones (although not illustrated in the pictures, it is thought to be the Nokia 5800)
The back side of the phone shows the Carl Zeiss branded 3.2 MP camera, which lends itself to other released info leaks pointing to the Nokia Tube.

The Nokia Tube! Sounds cheesy at first… but it could grow on us. Plus, you could call it the Nokia Junk or Nokia Garbage- as long as the phone kicks butt we don’t really care.

By the way, these pictures were dug up from a Flickr Photostream from an account that has since been deleted. We’re not sure what that says about the authenticity of the pics and rumors, but we thought we’d let you know!

[Via TalkAboutNSeries & Crave]

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