In The Air
Lionel Laurent, 10.02.08, 12:30 PM EDT
The Finnish handset-maker debuts its latest phone--but misses two big markets.
The good news about Nokia's newest touch screen phone is that it has an attractive price tag. The bad news: Customers the U.S. and most of Europe won't be able to get one this year.
This unexpected twist to the Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) touch-screen saga left industry-watchers shocked on Thursday, as the Finnish handset-maker revealed that its first ever keypad-free phone would only be released in Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Spain before the end of 2008. Although these markets accounted for more than half of Nokia's sales in the second quarter, Europe and the U.S. could have contributed a sorely needed boost to end-of-year trading.
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such a pity...i am sure ppl in this region would've loved this phone....i hope it gets here soon...