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There's a new firmware update available over the air for North American Nokia N78 users. Just enter *#0000# while on the standby screen and then press 'check for updates'.

According to the first user comments, the Naviwheel became more sensitive and the right softkey now works all the time.

T-Mobile UK started offering the new Nokia 6650, a clamshell handset equipped with a 2Mpix camera with LED flash, Mobile TV support, integrated GPS receiver, and running on Symbian S60 OS.

The phone will cost you £30 monthly for the next 18 months, and then it's free.

T-Mobile subscribers can now take advantage of the new Nokia XpressMusic 5610. The device is a quad-band GSM/EDGE music phone that features Nokia's “music slider” allowing for easy switching to the music player, as well as a 2.2" QVGA display, stereo Bluetooth, included 1GB microSD card, and a bundled external dongle with a 3.5mm jack.

The phone is available now for $99 on a 2-year contract.

FCC has approved today the new Nokia N85, the first tri-band WCDMA device to support both AT&T and T-Mobile's 3G networks.

Known features include:

• Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and tri-band WCDMA;
• GPRS/EDGE and/or HSDPA data;
• 240×320 pixel QVGA Display;
• 5Mpix camera with autofocus;
• Dual-slide form factor;
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth;
• FM Receiver/Transmitter;
• A-GPS

We expect to find out more details after November 5th, when the confidentiality request expires.

According to Reuters, Nokia has dropped prices on some of its cell phones by 10%. Reportedly, the highest price cuts were applied to music and media phones.

Currently, Nokia is the largest handset manufacturer and takes up 40% of the global cell phone market. In these circumstances the competitors will have to lower the prices as well, or risk losing even more market share.

Nokia has announced that starting October 1st their anticipated N96 multimedia monster will be available from the following carriers in Europe:

• 3;
• Carphone;
• Warehouse;
• Orange;
• Phones4U;
• T-Mobile;
• Vodafone

Nokia N96 features:

• Multimedia and function keys;
• DVB-H mobile TV;
• 2.

Nokia has launched its 6210 Navigator in India. The phone is a successor to the 6110 Navigator model, and offers a number improvements.

Specifications include:

• Support for WCDMA 900/2100, HSDPA and GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 networks;
• 2.4" 320×240 resolution QVGA display supporting 16M colors;
• Built-in GPS and aGPS;
• Pre-installed Nokia Maps 2.

Several pictures on the forthcoming Nokia 5800 Tube touchscreen handset have leaked in the web. Check them out.

According to Digi QQ, expected specifications include:

• Size: 111 × 52 × 14.5 mm;
• Weight: 104 grams;
• 640 × 360 16M color touchscreen with haptic feedback;
• Symbian S60, 5th edition;
• 3.

J. Gold Associates predict that in the near fufure, three to six months from now, Google and Nokia will combine their Android and Symbian platforms "to provide a single open source OS". Although there are no signs that somehow prove the aforementioned statement, the source is positively convinced that will happen very soon.

"A combination of the Android and Symbian efforts would be good for the industry, good for Google and good for Symbian", - say analysts.

According to some sources, in the near future Nokia intends to launch its new low-end 2600 cell phone on the AT&T's network. There's nothing interesting to tell about this candybar, and the company apparently targets the mass feature phone market of North America.

No word on the release date and pricing as of yet.