Nokia says to sell 35 million GPS phones in 2008
HELSINKI, May 8 (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cellphone maker, expects to sell 35 million Global Positioning System (GPS) equipped phones this year, its chief executive said on Thursday.
"We expect to ship about 35 million GPS-enabled Nokia devices in 2008, which is equal to the entire GPS device market in 2007," CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told the annual shareholders' meeting. (Reporting by Sami Torma, Writing by Sakari Suoninen)
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