Category — Rumour has it...

Believe it or not, the Nokia N98 Phone will be released in first this year in China even though the Finland company, who owns the brand, has not even announced the release of their N98 cellphone.

It is not surprising though that the Chinese has been ahead of the game.  I think they are getting smarter now in copying stuffs and have up the bar one notch higher to tell the world they can also innovate and produce from their copied concepts.  Nokia has probably not implemented the concept of their N98 (much to my dismay) a much awaited version to the NSeries phones.  However, this did not prevent the “copies” of Nokia N98 be displayed by the brilliant Chinese .

Look.

Nokia N98 Phone Copy China

This Nokla N98 copy phone, is working simultaneously with dual SIM cards.  It has been 3.0-inch touch screen with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It also works in GSM frequency bands at 900 and 1800 MHz for data transmission using GPRS standard.  Furthermore, the phone supports audio files in MP3 format, and MP4 video files. There is also a FM tuner and the WAP browser that supports Java.

The size of the ingenious phone is 108×54×14 mm and weight is 140 grams.  Most likely, Nokla N98 China will appear in shortest possible time and cost it will be about $ 78.

Ready for Nokia N98 release?  Check China from time to time.

I have always been amazed by people’s reactions on the much rumored Microsoft Xbox 720’s development which seems to be really true after all.  This is the expected contender for Sony’s much awaited Playstation 4 which we talk about in our previous post.  Actually, it’s not at all surprising to me that companies as big as Microsoft would plan ahead of itself when it comes to new product development.  It’s normal.

As it is in every major business strategy, Microsoft wants to position itself to become the gaming console powerhouse of the future while it takes the lead and still dominate desktop operating system industry.  (Wait till Google awakens and come up with its own Google OS.  That’s should be an exciting battle.)  This move to develop new and better version of its current gaming console, Xbox 360, is far from astounding.  It ought to be expected.

More importantly, Microsoft recognizes that being ahead of the game isn’t always a guarantee to success.  It’s careful planning and strategic coupled with discreet execution behind competition’s back that will give Microsoft the competitive edge and advantage over its rivals.

Microsoft recently posted on its website a need for a new Program Manager for its Halo Studio Team.  From this we can deduce that they should really be working on Halo’s next installment - Halo 4.  This announcement obviously gives us an indication that Microsoft was indeed planning for Xbox 360’s next successor - touted to be the Xbox 720 because of the high expectations, from a gamer’s standpoint, for the next level Halo 4.

Whether you believe this all to be true or just plain rumor, here is the link to Microsoft’s hiring announcement. You decide.

Microsoft Xbox 720 VS PlayStation 4 is surely coming.  The only question is, who will launch first?  And what about Nintendo?  Oh well, this is all gonna be exciting!