A rare prediction of Nokia's smarphone sales came today from Finland-based equity research group Inderes Oy. Pointing to chip orders, Nokia's recruitment at its Salo factory and even web search traffic, analysts estimated that Nokia would ship about four million units of its N8 smartphone flagship this fall. The demand so far was the highest in both Nokia's Finnish homeland and in countries where Apple and Google didn't have a significant footprint to start with, including India, Malaysia and the UAE.
