Nokia and Microsoft plan event for September 5, but will they actually tell us anything?  

It appears that Nokia and Microsoft are planning on launching a new line of Lumia devices. That’s right, devices. I’m willing to bet that Nokia announces both a new Lumia handset, featuring Windows Phone 8, and then, they announce a Windows 8 tablet.

Since Microsoft pulled the rug from under Nokia with the Surface, I suspect that they’re doing the announcement together (and it’ll be the first WinRT device) to appease some of that. However, I doubt that Nokia will announce pricing or solid dates yet, since Windows Phone 8 hasn’t even hit ‘gold’ yet and isn’t supposed to until the end of September. The SDK isn’t even out yet.

What I’m worried about is why they feel the need to make an announcement like this (before Apple) if they aren’t ready to go to market with a device. If they announce “Holiday 2012” and don’t say anything more, Apple is going to steal their thunder on September 12. Unfortunately, even if you’re not interested in the iPhone or the iPad mini, everyone will forget about Nokia once it’s been announced.

I really hope they can pull a new trick out of the bag, announce availability dates, pricing and pre-orders on the day. I doubt it, though.