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The Nokia touch screen phone, Nokia 5800 also known as the Tube, which surfaced some time back this week on a Czech mobile phone blog will be launched in the month of October, 2nd October to be precise. There is no official news from Nokia on this, but the rumor market is pretty hot with the news of Tube's launch. This news has also been reported by the reputed news source, Reuters. There is no official communication from Nokia on the launch date of the Tube. The only thing that Nokia has confirmed that, the Tube will be launched by the end of 2008. But don't you think that, October is like almost end of the year 2008?? Anyway's, lets see what's in store in the first week of October. One thing is sure that the Tube is important when it comes to Nokia's strategy to penetrate the touch screen mobile phone market. The pictures are of the User Interface of the Nokia Tube. These UI pics leaked in August.

Nokia's much awaited iPhone killer the Nokia 5800 also known as the XpressMedia Nokia 5800 will soon be launched in the month of October. This picture of this phone leaked on this Czech mobile blog. The phone is supposed to launch on October 2nd. Like Nokia has told earlier, Nokia 5800 will be targeted at the mid-range market. The phone has a 3.2 inch touch screen with Symbian S60 Touch. The phone also sports a 3 mega pixel snapper with auto focus. Other features of this phone include, QUAD Band GSM support, 3G HSDPA, GPS functionality, 3.5 mm audio jack, TV Out slot, microSD card support (8GB card included in the retail package). The whole world is waiting for this phone to come out as it is the first phone by Nokia with full touch screen functionality. This phone, though called as the iPhone killer will not directly target the current users of the iPhone as it targets the mid-range segment of the market and not the high-end segment. Lets see what happens on October 2nd, even I am waiting for that day.