Nokia seems to be planning to expand its niche and its next order of business will be to invade the laptop industry. The so-called Nokia Sparrow, which is said to be something in between a laptop and a MID (mobile internet device) is high on the list of rumored stories online. This news comes a week after No 3 PC brand Acer launched a foray into the phone business with eight mobile phone models, joining leader Hewlett-Packard and No. 4 Lenovo in the high-growth space.

It will probably be hard for Nokia to successfully enter the already crowded laptop biz. Nokia seems to be working on a multi-core Linux MID that’s scheduled for release in 2011.

[Electronic Pulp]