Nokia is touchscreening "with a vengeance"

cellodude on the Investor Village MB:

>>Also, consumer demand is forcing touchscreens to be "the thing" to buy, since Nokia's non-touchscreen numbers fell in 2008.

[But Nokia recorded its first fall in sales of smartphones in the third quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, the research company, partly because of its lack of handsets with touchscreens.]

Build more touchscreens than Samsung?

[The Finnish group is seeking to become the world’s largest maker of mobiles with touchscreens this year after unveiling handsets that will compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Omnia.]

It could happen.

[Carolina Milanesi, analyst at Gartner, said Nokia’s goal of becoming the world’s largest maker of mobiles with touchscreens was realistic, though it would have to expand its range beyond the 5800 and N97.]

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