Mobile Phone News:

Very intriguing news today, as it seems Nokia have something big in the works for their Nokia World conference, starting tomorrow. As yet, no-one knows precisely what they have in store, whether it’s new mobile phones or new services, or whatever, but it’s reasonably certain they wouldn’t put a big countdown online (that big one just up there), unless it was a big announcement.

The question is, what do Nokia have in store?

Well, the first guess, since they’re known for mobile phones, is obviously mobile phones. The thing is, though, that Nokia World traditionally hasn’t been a main platform for launching new handsets. So, is it likely to be a new service, instead of a new phone? Again, no-one has any idea (except, presumably, Nokia), so we’re going to have to wait and see. It’s pretty certain to be something relatively big, though, since the keynote speech by Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is entitled ‘transforming the way we connect’.

Yes, that did make me wonder if we’re going to get real life Transformers, I admit it…

So, what are the actual possibilities? Well, it could be some new service that completely changes how you interact with your mobile phone. Or it might not. Or, it could be something like a new email service, akin to the Blackberry setup.

Or, it could be what most people are secretly wishing for, even the ones who don’t reckon it’ll be about new mobile phones. It could be a follow-up to the Nokia 5800, their first mainstream touchscreen mobile phone, since Nokia did say they’d be announcing a touchscreen Nseries phone before the end of the year.

Or it might not be.

It could be the end of civilisation as we know it, although granted, that’s probably unlikely, unless they’re announcing the Nokia T-800 Terminator…

When that countdown hits zero, however, we’ll all know for sure (and yes, I’ll be reporting on it here, too, so keep your eyes peeled)!

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