The cat is out of the bag. Finally, there’s a worthy competitor to Apple’s iPhone and this time the competitor is expected to shake iPhone’s status in the touchscreen phone industry.

Even if the Blackberry Bold 9000 (Research In Motion) has not been released to the market yet, critics are saying that the upgraded Blackberry will surely stir people inside Apple because of its features that are still not found in iPhone.

The Blackberry Bold 9000 will have sharper display, faster processor, and wifi capabilities with 320×480 display, high-speed 3G networking, 1 gigabyte of onboard storage, Bluetooth compatibility and GPS.      (more…)

After Nokia’s unofficial announcement of the Tube 5800, LG Electronics said it will also try to challenge the iPhone by releasing new handsets with touch-screen user interface.

The South Korean firm, considered as the worlds number 5 handset maker, made the pronouncement after the success of its Prada KE850 handset, which has sometimes been described as an ‘iPhone clone’ even though it was announced two months before Apple’s product.

Earlier, LG Electronics has entered the touch-screen phone arena, which is dominated by Apple’s iPhone, with the launch of LG-KF510 also known as “Touch Lighting Phone”.     (more…)

The reported production of Nokia’s Tube has created so much interest especially when it was unofficially announced as a handset that will try to challenge the popularity of Apple’s iPhone.

Leaking from Nokia’s metal vault, iPhone-Codes.com learned that the Tube will be commercially named Nokia 5800 Tube (although no one from Nokia would confirm this information) and is initially set to be released later this year.

The Nokia Tube, which will be renamed Nokia 5800 Tube, will sport a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus. It will have a 3.2-inch touchscreen display with 16 Million colors. It’s also equipped with a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio with 3G UMTS/HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, and GPS.

Here’s what we know of Nokia 5800 Tube’s specifications:          (more…)

Since Apple introduced the iPhone a few years back, several legitimate mobile phone manufacturers and those so called “not legitimate ones” have tried to introduce challengers to the very popular mobile phone.

There’s the iPhone look-alike from China called ChinaiPhone (read story here), which flooded the mobile phone stores of China and other Asian countries where the iPhone is not available yet. The phone looks exactly like the iPhone, but take a closer look and you will see the difference.

Early this year, Garmin has introduced Nüvifone, an iPhone look-alike primed with 3G mobile broadband connectivity and GPS (read story here). The nüvifone is an all-in-one, sleek and slim, touchscreen device that combines a premium phone, mobile web-browser, and cutting-edge personal navigator. (more…)

World’s number 1 mobile phone maker Nokia is not taking the iPhone mania hands down as it reportedly is working on its first touchscreen phone, codenamed “Tube” - an iPhone look-alike that will surely shake the status of the iPhone in the mobile phone industry.

Thomas Libretto, vice president of Forum Nokia, said the “Tube” will be Nokia’s first touch device and can “compete with iPhone”.

Libretto presented the “Tube”, which looks similar to iPhone and with the same touch screen interface and with Java support, at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference in Redwood City, California.

Nokia, however, has not released an official planned date of shipment for Tube.

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     Mobile analysts reveal that Apple is now the world’s leading manufacturer of smartphone. Thanks to iPhone. Oh, don’t get me wrong. Recent news revealed that Apple is only third in the industry with Research in Motion and Nokia leading the way.

     But, hey, the iPhone was only introduced in June 2007 in selected countries with limited operators while Nokia and Research in Motion have been shipping smartphones in almost all corners of the world.

     Comparing these three smartphone makers, Nokia and Research in Motion will fade in the background with all the stage light beamed on Apple. Apple shipped 2,320,840 units of the iPhone in Q4 and it is expected to ship several millions more when the iPhone becomes available in Asia and other mobile phone market around the world.     (more…)