Nokia's Answer to the iPhone

There is no doubt that the iPhone is one of the most sought after handsets today. A week after it was released, between 250,000 to 700,000 iPhone units were sold. That's a truly impressive number for a handset that cost around five hundred dollars.

The success of Apple's handset has spurred the creation of similar devices. Recently, Sprint and Samsung worked together to create the Instinct, a high-end device projected to challenge the dominance of the top mobile device. Not to be outdone, Nokia has also been busy at creating a device to topple Apple's hit handset.

Recently, Nokia's response to the iPhone was shownthrough a slide at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference in Redwood City, California. Observers noted that Nokia's device looks similar to the iPhone. The project was codenamed the "Tube" and was shown to feature a touch interface in the presentation. Apple's bestseller was dubbed "Puple2" during its development.

Nokia's device showed graphical displays and as a promotion for the movie Shrek the Third was shown. The ability to upload photos ans other capabilities will be featured on the device. The "Tube" will also support Java which was a bit of an issue with the iPhone.

Reports say that Nokia is confident that its project can match and may even overcome the success of the iPhone. The company's spokesman noted that the company has equaled the number of shipped iPhone units. As of now, the company has not yet set a shipment date for the "Tube."

I guess we all just have to wait and see if the "Tube" can indeed dethrone the iPhone. So far, other challengers have not been able to uproot Apple's top mobile phone. Developers are also trying to develop improvements for the iPhone and a 3G version is due yo be release this year. The device is already so popular that it has became a household name and so holds an advantage over the competition.