Rumours are running on the Internet that Nokia is planning to launch a thin candy-bar style type phone, called the N73. Featuring a bright 2.4-inch QVGA display, the Nokia N73 weighs 116 grams and measures 110 x 49 x 19 mm.

Running on Symbian v9.1 Operating System and Series 60 3rd Edition, the Nokia N73 offers lots of sophisticated features for the savvy hi-tech user. It includes a 3.2 megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 20x zoom, auto focus, video recording & playback and more.

An integrated digital music player will keep music lovers busy as well! It features awesome equalizers, bass and other options for spicing up your music. What's more, you can listen to FM Radio. Users will be able to purchase this phone in either 3G or quad-band EDGE/GSM networks.

A convenient one-stop toolbar is also integrated into the N73. This toolbar provides one-touch selection to your Email account, Bluetooth or MMS. Furthermore, a dedicated button allows you to either print your photos or upload them to photo sharing communities such as Flickr.

Here's a summary of all the features of the Nokia N73:

- Built-in 3.2 megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss lens, 20x digital zoom, auto focus, video recording & playback and resolution support of 2048 x 1536 pixels.

- Bluetooth 2.0 support and handsfree speakerphone

- Nokia PC Suite support (includes bundled Bluetooth, Infrared Port and USB features).

- Built-in digital MP3 music player with 3D surround sound. Supported file formats are AAC, AAC+, MP3 and WMA.

- Built-in Anti-Virus software.

- Internal memory of 42mb and expandable memory via miniSD/Transflash.

- Watch streaming television shows and multimedia. Supported file formats include Real Video and H.263.

- Supported Email clients include POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP.

- WAP 2.0 Internet Browsing with ultra-high data transfer rates thanks to EDGE and WCDMA technologies.

- Video Telephony (digital video phone calls) - this feature is not confirmed as yet.

- FM Radio (Visual Radio)

- Nokia XpressTransfer (allows you to back up all your photos and easily organize them both on the phone and on your Personal Computer).

The Nokia N73 is expected to be released by July 2006. Pricing is not known as yet, however a high-end sophisticated featured phone like this will probably cost >$500.