A mockup of what the upcoming Nokia WP7 smartphone could look like.
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Everyone's expecting Nokia to announce new Windows Phone 7 devices--even Microsoft has confirmed this when we interviewed a Redmond executive last week. How many, and what sort of handsets, however, is the key question. Luckily, Nokia is apparently terrible at keeping secrets, so we do have some information on what to work with.
So far, we've seen a leaked video showing a Nokia N9 running Windows Phone 7. Codenamed Sea Ray, it's expected to be the flagship model. If you loved the polycarbonate design of the N9, then the Sea Ray should be high on your list of wants. However, if Nokia is planning to recycle the hardware of the N9, the 1GHz processor may not seem a tad lackluster.
We've also heard more rumors of a product called the Nokia Sabre, which packs a powerful 1.4GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. Our guess is that this should be a midrange handset, but we'll be able to categorize this better once we get more info on its pricing.
Lastly, there are rumors of a third device that may or may not sport a QWERTY keyboard. We think this is highly unlikely, but given that Microsoft's WP7 boss Andy Lees did mention something along the lines about Nokia's handsets featuring "differentiation in some of their hardware and software". Expect to see something cool emerge.
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