Nokia cancels x7 phone

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Nokia has pulled out of a plan to launch a smart phone with No 2 US mobile provider AT&T Inc, just before the device was supposed to be announced, a person familiar with the matter said. The touchscreen phone, which was to be called the X7, could have helped Nokia's efforts to gain ground in North America where it has struggled to compete with rivals such as Apple Inc, Research in Motion and Motorola Mobility. "This was Nokia's decision," said the person who asked not to be named because the companies have not made a public announcement. "AT&T would have been likely to announce the phone fairly soon," the person said. The cancellation was first reported in the Wall Street Journal which said that the companies had been planning on making an announcement ahead of Mobile World Congress, a wireless trade show scheduled to take place next month in Spain. AT&T declined comment and a Nokia representative was not immediately available. Since it is about to lose its exclusive US rights to sell the iPhone, AT&T has been working to expand its phone line up with smart phones from multiple vendors.

Nokia has pulled out of a plan to launch a smart phone with No 2 US mobile
provider AT&T Inc, just before the device was
supposed to be announced, a person familiar
with the matter said. The touchscreen phone, which was to be called
the X7, could have helped Nokia's efforts to gain
ground in North America where it has struggled
to compete with rivals such as Apple Inc,
Research in Motion and Motorola Mobility. "This was Nokia's decision," said the person who
asked not to be named because the companies
have not made a public announcement. "AT&T would have been likely to announce the
phone fairly soon," the person said. The cancellation was first reported in the Wall
Street Journal which said that the companies had
been planning on making an announcement
ahead of Mobile World Congress, a wireless trade
show scheduled to take place next month in
Spain. AT&T declined comment and a Nokia
representative was not immediately available. Since it is about to lose its exclusive US rights to
sell the iPhone, AT&T has been working to
expand its phone line up with smart phones from
multiple vendors.