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While this information is unconfirmed, we feel it's our duty to share it to you: according to an "anonymous industry source" the Nokia's long-awaited XpressMusic 5800 Tube touchscreen handset will be launched on October 2nd.

As I said, take this with a large pinch of salt and wait for an official confirmation.

Some new leaked pictures of the recently revealed Nokia's E75 QWERTY slider have surfaced today. If you liked the video on the initial leak regarding the handset, you will defenitely dig these shots. There is no additional info on the E75 at the moment, but we'll keep you up-to-date.

A new Nokia promotional video showing off two new business handsets has appeared on YouTube. These are the unannounced Nokia E72 slider and E75 candybar, both available in red color, and designed for business minded people. Check'em out below.

Nokia's Vertu has a new luxury handset, called the Signature S Design phone - "A Phone Without Equal". From the information provided earlier by the FCC we know it is a quad-band GSM/EDGE phone, Vertu's first to support 3G HSDPA 850/2100 MHz bands. It is also the first Vertu to integrate Wi-Fi support, available mostly on the Nokia's Symbian S60-based smartphones, and UMA-capable cell phones, like the 6301.

Here's a cool new concept model for the Nokia's N series, the N-XT, designed by Chris from Symbian Freak. The most noticeable feature here is the phone's sliding and swiveling touchscreen. The concept is public, so Nokia could very well pick it up.

The imagined features include:

• 4.1" full-touch display with a WVGA 480 x 800 resolution and 16M colors;
• Symbian S60 5th Edition Touch interface;
• 8-way D-pad;
• quad-band WCDMA connectivity;
• 8Mpix camera with Carl Zeiss lens, optical zoom, auto focus, face detection, xenon flash & dual-LED flash and video recording(WVGA at 30fps);
• Dedicated graphics processor unit (GPU);
• Accelerometer;
• A-GPS and compass;
• Built-in DLP 720p projector;
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth;
• Audio & Video players;
• FM radio and FM transmitter;
• 3.

Nokia has licensed Microsoft's ActiveSync technology, which will allow users to access corporate email directly from any of 43 Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices without any additional mobile software.

Nokia Devices Enabling Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync:
Nokia Eseries: Nokia E71, Nokia E66,

Rumor has it that the anticipated Nokia 5800 Tube will become available in the UK on October 8th. The information is not official, but we'll find it out in a month. :)

A little earlier than planned, but it's here: Nokia's flagship N96 all-in-one smartphone is now available in Europe for €550 before taxes and subsidies!

Nokia's North American E66 went on sale today at the Chicago / New York flagship stores, almost a month after the E71 NAM model came to town. Available now in Grey Steel for $540.

Features include:

• Slider form-factor;
• Quad-band GSM;
• Support for AT&T's 3G network;
• 3.2Mpix camera;
• GPS, Wi-Fi;

Nokia N79 specs:

• stylish design;
• 5Mpix camera with dual LED flash, Carl Zeiss optics;
• FM Transmitter;
• 24 hours of music playback;
• dedicated music keys;
• 3.5 mm headset jack;
• GPS with Nokia Maps 2.0;
• microSD support;
• 4 GB card bundled;

Nokia N79 is expected to be available next month.