Nokia W7 and W8 Feature Nokia made a short appearance at MIX'11 yesterday and with the increased enthusiasm Marco Argenti (head of developer experience at Nokia) showed, it would seem that Nokia are really steaming ahead with the planning and early development stages of their WP7 adoption.
International mobile phone botherer Eldar Mrtazin has had a quick bit of hands on time with the two prototype handsets, the Nokia W7 and Nokia W8. The W7 is apparently based on the Nokia X7 hardware, while the W8 is essentially a Nokia N8 body with Windows Phone software.
The W7 is thought to be the first handset to be available and is currently being used for in-house development. It is also claimed this will have an 8-megapixel shooter with autofocus and flash. Eldar reckons the W7 reminded him of the HTC Mozart, and without out much change to the OS.
He also claims that Nokia were planning around a dozen Windows Phone handsets for launch in 2012, but there is plenty of time for this to increase. Murtazin has also commented that Nokia plans are changing each week. The W8 which is loosely based on the N8 will feature a 12-megapixel camera.
The third model that is under development will have a QWERTY keyboard slider, a touchscreen and a metal shell. Very little else is known about this device. Finally, there will also be a fourth model that will be a cheaper version of the W7. This will be a budget or entry level phone that will have similar specs as the W7, but made with lower quality materials.
