Alongside the introduction of Ovi, the portal for Nokia’s Internet services and would-be “iTunes killer” (good luck with that), Nokia today unveiled four new mobile devices designed for entertainment, music and games. The devices range in price from 225 to 560 EUR and are expected to begin shipping later this year.
Also presented during Nokia’s GoPlay event was “a glimpse into the future of Nokia interface design… due out next year,” Thomas Ricker reports for Engadget. Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s Executive VP & General Manager of Multimedia, was asked about the stunning similarity to Apple’s iPhone. Vanjoki said, “If there is something good in the world then we copy with pride.”
Mobile user interface design by, ahem, “Nokia:”
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Sunlokyee” for the heads up.]
Nokia reinvents the phone with Apple’s iPhone!
It doesn’t get much more blatant than this one; cheap Chinese knock-off outfits included. Nokia has just clearly and unequivocally branded themselves as derivative losers. That would seem like a losing branding strategy, but it’s worked quite well for Microsoft in the past. Lately, not so much.
With this video, if actually from Nokia*, whatever respect we had for Nokia has gone “poof!” Dragged off the Dock forever. Dumped in the Trash and securely emptied.
It’s tIme to start vigorously defending those 200+ iPhone-related patents, Apple.
Apple should tell Nokia to “GoPlayInTraffic.”
*We’re currently slogging through hours of really bad accents to find out if this video is actually from Nokia via the company’s “GoPlay” site here.
Back in january Steve Jobs said that the iPhone was years ahead of the competitors and predicted they would soon try to copy it because they had no better ideas….
Yay, who said that wasn’t true and mobile phone companies were doing well and being innovative????
Touch screen is nothing new. It existed before the iPhone. What Apple patented is the multi-touch screen.
I can only see this as some competition with the iPhone and hopefully a price war which would make the iPhone price go down and the choice of other carriers.
“i bet you can use this nokia phone with verizon, unlike att’s monopolistic agreement to make it the only official carrier for the iphone”
I could have sworn it was – and is – Apple who is insisting on a single carrier per market, or per model per market. I understand why more than a few people hate AT&T, but they were the first to agree to Apple’s terms – though not the first to be asked.
Dave
next year
apple will kill
Smithers… Release the Lawyers
I wonder what’s going to happen when Apple enforces its patents….
when you can’t think for yourself, why not let others do it for you
..not sure but isn’t that about the same thing Richard and Dominic just tried to do but took a run through the woods instead. When you run people in helicopters start chasing you but if you’re boldly cavalier about it then no one’s really sure how far over the line you stepped so they wonder ..so Nokia is just standing there staring down at the pit bull knowing that if they start running they’re going to lose some of their ass ..I think, what the f*k do I know ..the knock-offs just seem such a slimey thing to do …slimey and dirty …makes me want to look away ..but I can’t. I have to look at the slime.
Nokia:
“My name is Inigo Montoya (a.k.a. Steve Jobs). You ripped off my iPhone. Prepare to die.”
Peace.
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Olmecmystic
Per Gizmodo, Nokia says its demo was strictly for the interface, and the hardware is fake.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/vaporware/nokias-future-iphone-killing-concept-like-a-fake-vaporous-picasso-294730.php
from the tech site: “Nokia presented some cool cells today and also slipped this concept video of a future iPhone-clone. Nokia has confirmed that this demo is strictly for the UI, not the device: the hardware is not real and the LCD’s images are overlaid. Yes, it’s not even a working prototype, as you will see after the jump.”
Differentiation? I’d be willing to bet that that Nokia demo was a real bear to develop, and that developing the individual component services on a Symbian phone will likewise be a real exercise.
Apple’s using the Cocoa environment, with a UI kit simple enough to use that people have already managed to figure out for themselves, without documentation, how to develop against it.
If this Nokia is coming out next year, imagine the distance Apple can put between itself and it with the powerful tools used to develop iPhone apps.
Imagine also how active a third party development community each phone would have were Apple to officially open the iPhone APIs – there’d be a hundred small shops delivering iPhone customizations for every one shop shipping Nokia customizations, just by virtue of the ease of developing iPhone apps.
Looks like it time to let go with Apple’s Legal Department….
Those guys must have lots fun doing there jobs…
The only problem is that it doesn’t have one of those little buttony QWERTY keyboards. Otherwise, BRILLIANT!
“The one to watch out for is Google Phone (aka gPhone – with hot spots)”
gSpots?
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I wonder what One Guy from Finland thinks? Seriously, I think Apple, Google, VW, and Nokia should collaborate and conquer the world.
On an off topic, but none-the-less topical subject, at this point I am a little pissed. Apple voted for OOXML. Shame on Apple. At least IBM voted with principle.
Wow. With all the current features on the N95 on this machine. I don’t think V2 of iPhone will even come close to it. Looks like a winner here for N95. I love my iPhone, but I’m dumping it if this new Nokia really comes out next year with that huge screen and all the bells and whistles Nokias are known for. Very nice.
APPLE Needs This… the iPhone is incomplete: no MMS, Video Recording, GPS, Built in IM, Video IM … I hope companies like Nokia succeeds which will force APPLE to push even further… competition like this is good for all of us.
Nokia = Mobile phones
Ericksson ≈ Before
USA? Nokia rules and Ericsson kicks ass. Qual..kökö… well… you know…
Don´t forget the NMT,GSM and UMTS.
“It’s what Nokia always has, and always will, deliver.”
Always has… deliver?!
Verb tense disagreement. Their ad agency needs to learn English grammar.
NSFY
You remebered! (the quote)
Also, I don’t recall anyone saying Apple couldn’t sell iPhones to Nokia, and THEY sell them to everybody……
MW:far, as from likely
Looks like an iClone to me, the knockoff from China, except the iClone works
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I never did care for Noka. Prepare for the interface patent wars. Apple has plenty of cash and lots of staff lawyers on crack to defend their design.
Nice take MDN, but..Apple copies the UI for Mac from Xerox, then M$ and Nokia copies Apple.
They are all derivative losers in some respect..
When you pronounce it, put the accent on the NO in nokia and then you’ve gotten it right. Kia means ‘I don’t know my ass from a hole in the ground’ in sinoscandieuroasiatic jibberjabber.
The new Nokia will only play WMA files
From thei press release
Tracks are typically delivered in high quality 192Kbps audio in Windows Media Audio (WMA) format. You can easily transfer your purchased songs to your Nokia device using Windows Media Player or with the new Nokia Music PC client available later this year. The Nokia Music PC client enables reverse synchronization of playlists, ripping from a CD to your device and PC simultaneously, as well as auto-synchronization of your purchased music and direct access to the Nokia Music Store.
OK, The problem with the iPhone is that it is only 8 gig and it only works with ATT. I won’t buy until it gets at least 60 gig and is with a phone company that doesn’t suck. Guess I won’t be getting an iPhone so back to my flip phone.