I hope I caught you in the ‘iPerformer’. Haha. I was actually laughing my heart out when I learned about this. What the heck is this iPerformer? Another one of Mainland China’s iPhone imitation? (No offense to China, but I see a whole line of their iPhone wannabes in the market.)

Photo Credit — Cellaz

Sad to say, I was wrong. It’s Nokia’s very own iPhone contender. I know Nokia has been acing the race of cellular phone assembly. They have been known to offer countless handsets ranging from practically cheap and low-end to unreasonably extravagant and high-end. But they certainly aren’t famed for catchy codenames.

Lame codename aside, word says iPerformer brags a widescreen touchscreen, QWERTY keypad, GPS, NaviScroll, WiFi, Bluetooth, FM radio/transmitter, TV out and a WebCam. I personally doubt the WebCam but I’m buying the thought. We do know how Nokia plays in the camera department.

The pricing and availability is still indefinite. Rumors and pictures are particularly thin, so ‘Nokia fans’ will just have to wait. (As I recall, Nokia doesn’t keep people waiting for long.)

With all these rumors of an emerging challenger, I should say Apple should be given the credit for one important thing - raising the bar so that everyone else should try harder. Kudos to Apple for wedging the market open for an innovation.

Sidenote:

As much as I want to lead to a hasty conclusion (I’m just like all the others, waiting for the news), there’s a good chance that this is the iPerformer I’m referring to. Check out these Nokia sites. Nokia N810 and Nokia N810 WiMax.

I’m pretty sure this would sell out to the public, perhaps in the case of Philippines. Filipinos completely patronize Nokia. Sheeesh! It has an advantage compared to Apple though. It’s not tied up to just one network, unlike iPhone. Boohoo!

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