U.S. launch of Nokia X7 smart phone canceled

U.S launch of Nokia X7 smart phone canceled, sources say

Nokia Corp. called off plans to launch its X7 smart phone in the U.S. because of a lack of support from AT and T Inc., sources told the Wall Street Journal.

The Finnish mobile phone company was supposed to offer the phone exclusively through the AT&T network starting next month, according to the report, which quoted people familiar with the situation.

But Nokia, which still plans to sell the X7 in other countries, sensed that AT&T wouldn’t back the U.S. launch with “enough marketing and subsidies support,” the people said.

That leaves Nokia in a bit of a jam. The company’s products are trailing competitors such as the Apple Inc. iPhone, the Research in Motion BlackBerry and Google Inc.'s Android devices.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said that Nokia has an “image problem.” Nokia, meanwhile, has filed lawsuits against Apple alleging that the tech giant has infringed on dozens of Nokia’s patents.


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