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There is no word on whether there’ll even be an N97, but that hasn’t stopped the cheeky cloners digging through the patent documents and producing what they think it will look like. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but this is pushing it to its limit.

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Remember the story about the iPhone software update prompting Nokia to redesign the S60 calculator app? Well, it’s been through its intensive internal evaluation process and it’s now available for everyone to have a play through Beta Labs.

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It may look like a spy pic of Nokia’s new N79 handset, which is almost probably going to launch on Monday, but apparently it’s not the real deal. The pics show a very good clone of the soon to be launched phone, demonstrating that even unreleased models can still be susceptible to hardware flattery.

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Amid all the anticipation of new handsets next week, Nokia has quietly slipped out a new flavour of its 8800 Arte handset – this time decked out in carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel. It’s certainly a looker, and given that it’s made of material more commonly used in race cars it should be pretty hard wearing too.

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We know Nokia is planning to take the wraps off some new Nseries handsets on 25 August, but invitations are also doing the rounds for another virtual event the day after too. The cryptic packages include two boxes, labelled ‘past’ and ‘present’ – past contains a Rubik’s Cube, disposable camera and a paper map while present has a Nokia Music store coupon and N96 flyer.

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