allaboutsymbian
February 11th, 2010, 19:05
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/nokia-n98-rumor-begeek.jpg (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.begeek.fr%2Fpremiere-photo-du-nokia-n98-7699)
There's no shortage of reasons why we should throw this render in the trash. First is the simple fact that it's a render at all, and we all know how extraordinarily talented the world's artistically-inclined phone fanboys and girls are. Second, we're hearing that this is known as the N98, which runs counter to other rumors (and retail evidence in the X3 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/X3/) and X6 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/X6/)) that Nokia is moving to a one-letter, one-digit naming convention across its smartphone range. Third, this looks like a straight-up cross between a Sidekick 2008 (http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/the-t-mobile-sidekick-yep-just-sidekick/) and a Sidekick LX 2009 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/SidekickLX2009/) (save the tilt-up display, of course). All that said, we can't help but feel that a device exactly like this makes sense for Nokia's high-end, multimedia-savvy Symbian range -- a proper successor to the N97 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/N97/) that might clear up some complaints like the off-center spacebar.
Anyhow, rumor has it the so-called N98 features a 4-inch touchscreen (likely capacitive, considering the precedent set by the X6) with 32GB of internal storage and a launch date in time for holiday 2010 at around €450 ($617) -- and we're even seeing an HDMI logo silkscreened on the side, too. This actually mixes pretty closely with another recent rumor (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/nokia-n8-00-first-symbian-3-handset-with-12-megapixel-camera-7/) that says we can expect an N8 model this Summer with a 3.5-inch capacitive display, 12 megapixel sensor, and Symbian^3, so an alternate possibility is that we're actually looking at that N8 here. Either way, if any of it is real, it could see a debut anywhere between MWC next week and Nokia World later in the year -- but admittedly, our fake-o-meter's reading pretty high on this one until we see an announcement. Nokia fans: is this what you're looking for in a next-gen device?Is this the Nokia N98, or the twisted brainchild of a Sidekick fanatic? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/) | http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_source.gifBe Geek (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.begeek.fr%2Fpremiere-photo-du-nokia-n98-7699) | Email this (http://www.engadget.com/forward/19354025/) | Comments (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/#comments)
More... (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/)
There's no shortage of reasons why we should throw this render in the trash. First is the simple fact that it's a render at all, and we all know how extraordinarily talented the world's artistically-inclined phone fanboys and girls are. Second, we're hearing that this is known as the N98, which runs counter to other rumors (and retail evidence in the X3 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/X3/) and X6 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/X6/)) that Nokia is moving to a one-letter, one-digit naming convention across its smartphone range. Third, this looks like a straight-up cross between a Sidekick 2008 (http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/the-t-mobile-sidekick-yep-just-sidekick/) and a Sidekick LX 2009 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/SidekickLX2009/) (save the tilt-up display, of course). All that said, we can't help but feel that a device exactly like this makes sense for Nokia's high-end, multimedia-savvy Symbian range -- a proper successor to the N97 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/N97/) that might clear up some complaints like the off-center spacebar.
Anyhow, rumor has it the so-called N98 features a 4-inch touchscreen (likely capacitive, considering the precedent set by the X6) with 32GB of internal storage and a launch date in time for holiday 2010 at around €450 ($617) -- and we're even seeing an HDMI logo silkscreened on the side, too. This actually mixes pretty closely with another recent rumor (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/nokia-n8-00-first-symbian-3-handset-with-12-megapixel-camera-7/) that says we can expect an N8 model this Summer with a 3.5-inch capacitive display, 12 megapixel sensor, and Symbian^3, so an alternate possibility is that we're actually looking at that N8 here. Either way, if any of it is real, it could see a debut anywhere between MWC next week and Nokia World later in the year -- but admittedly, our fake-o-meter's reading pretty high on this one until we see an announcement. Nokia fans: is this what you're looking for in a next-gen device?Is this the Nokia N98, or the twisted brainchild of a Sidekick fanatic? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/) | http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_source.gifBe Geek (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.begeek.fr%2Fpremiere-photo-du-nokia-n98-7699) | Email this (http://www.engadget.com/forward/19354025/) | Comments (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/#comments)
More... (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/)