The Nokia Lumia 800 has been cleared for sale in the US by the FCC

The timing of the Lumia 800′sapproval makes it likely we’ll see the device launch during Nokia’s CES 2012press conference though. Invitations to their event started dropping throughmailboxes earlier this week, and while they didn’t mention specific details,the style and use of Microsoft’s “Amazing Everyday” tagline made it obvioussomething Windows Phone-related would be shown off.

Nokia’s event isn’t shared with anetwork according to the invite, although the Lumia 800 has been previouslylinked to both AT&T and Verizon. There has also been talk of a 4G variant,and for the event to see the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 too.

The Lumia 800 has a 3.7-inchAMOLED touchscreen, a 1.4 GHz processor, an 8-megapixel camera and runs WindowsPhone 7 Mango.