Today even a glance at the smartphone market would be enough to say that most of the smartphones are packed with processors made by Qualcomm. It refers to Nokia handsets, too. And now Nokia’s signed a contract with ST-Ericsson, and from now on ST-Ericsson will provide chips for Nokia’s future phones.

ST-Ericsson is a chip maker, but Qualcomm has overshadowed all similar manufacturers. So the cooperation between Nokia and ST-Ericsson can be a good example for other companies, too. Unfortunately, we won’t see new chips on the upcoming Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, because their specs list is already known. They’ll be packed with a 1.4GHz Scorpion processor with Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset, 3D Graphics HW Accel and Adreno 205 GPU.

On the other hand, Qualcomm has no reason to worry about, because Windows Phone is controlling only 2-3 percent of the market, and phones based on them won’t change anything. Neverthless, there is one thing worth attention — Nokia’s started this cooperation to buy cheaper chips, which will undoubtedly affect Nokia smartphones’ price. So if everything is OK, and Nokia smartphones prove to have really good performance, then I believe a lot of phone makers will express readiness to cooperate with ST-Ericsson or similar companies.

Well, time will give all the answers. And let’s not forget about the U8500 dual-core SoC; very likely we’ll see it sometime soon. If this happens, it’ll be absolutely impossible to stop Nokia.

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The Nokia N9 is not popular nowadays, as we don’t know much about it — Nokia keeps everything in secret. Though the smartphone has the FCC approval, we have no idea what kind of device it will be. The latest rumors refer to the new technology to be used in the Nokia N9.

There are some points that require more attention. First of all, it refers to the OS it will run, and if some people say it will be based on Windows Phone because, according to earlier statements, all upcoming Nokia high-end devices will run WP7.1 and higher versions, other group of people says it has been announced before Nokia’s cooperation with Microsoft, plus it is an N-series handset and must continue its traditions. So it will most likely run Nokia’s native platforms like Symbian, Maemo or MeeGo. This question has no answer yet.

The second feature we want to discuss is its screen size. Some sources mention it will be packed with a 3.8-inch touchscreen, and the others are sure it will sport a 4.3-inch super AMOLED touchscreen.

The third question refers to the processor, and if we take into account the fact that Nokia is in good relationships with Intel, probably the chip provider will not be Qualcomm. Finally, all geeks wonder if it will be a camera-focused handset or Nokia will pack it with weaker hardware. All these questions aside, we have another rumor related to a new touchless gestures technology.

This technology has not been seen in any other devices, perhaps only in films. This is not news for geeks who are interested in Nokia, as back in December Marko Ahtisaari spoke about the new technology that allows the users to give commands to the device without tapping on the screen. Moreover, there was a MeeGo teaser introducing faster contact with the device. It uses Neonode’s zForce optical touchscreen and the patent was applied in far 2008, so Nokia is dealing with it for years. Though the zForce technology still requires touching the screen, it is amazing since it lets the users get their hands away from the display.

Well, there is not so much to tell about this technology, but we hope in the nearest future Nokia will unveil some details related to the Nokia N9 and this new gesture-based technology.

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Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm CEO, announced that Nokia plans to release its first smartphone based on the Snapdragon platform hardware.
Mr. Jacobs did not specify when the communicator will appear on the market and what specifications it would have, saying only that Symbian would play the role of the operating system on the device.

Taking into consideration the nature of Snapdragon, one can assume that the smartphone will be able to work with high-definition video and three-dimensional graphics. Probably, the device controller will have Wi-Fi. It is also possible that the device will have the Snapdragon platform of the next generation, which will include Scorpion processor with speed up to 1.5 GHz.
Let us remind you that for about one and a half years ago, relations between Nokia and Qualcomm were very strained. Companies accused each other of violating patents on technology used in mobile communication system, and sought a ban on the import and sale of certain products in the United States. However they settled a conflict and concluded a long-term license agreement relating to technologies and GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, WiMAX and LTE wireless standards.