More details on the new Nokia C6-01 smartphone have been leaked online, which claims that the Nokia C6-01 will run on Symbian^3 operating system and will lack a QWERTY keyboard.

The newly leaked reports confirm previous rumors that emerged following a picture of comparing the C6-00 and the C6-01 smarphones was posted online depicting that the C6-01 had a sleeker profile.

The device is expected to come equipped with a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display and an 8-megapixel camera with a flash. For connectivity, it will offer WiFi and GPS. Of course, this is just a speculation.

Vodafone will be the sporting the Nokia C6 in the market of UK.

The model supposedly is out of the generic models of Nokia and comes with an entirely different price range.

Users can have the phone for as little as £20 a month for a 24 months contract with 100 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB internet data; with unlimited texts and 900 minutes and will be priced at for at least £10 extra per month.

The phone features a full slide out QWERTY keypad, 5-megapixel camera with AF and LED Flash in addition to the HSDPA, a 3.2-megapixel touchscreen, Wi-Fi with internet accessibility.

Renowned handset-manufacturer Nokia’s new 5250 XpressMusic appeared on company’s official website.

The 5250 XpressMusic handset runs Symbian S60 5th Edition operating system, and features a 3.2-inch resistive touchscreen, 128MB RAM, which can be increased to up to 16GB with a microSD card.

The upcoming device is equipped with a 2-megapixel camera without flash. You can also expect the 5250 handset to come with Bluetooth, FM Radio and OVI compatibility. 3G and built-in GPS are also possible.

Nokia's next flagship device, the N8 smartphone, will be available for purchase by the end of this month.

Online retailer MobileFun has shown the imminent N8 smartphone on a pre-order, claiming that the phone would be in stock on August 26.

The SIM free 16GB N8 from MobileFun will set you back by £420. The high end phone has been priced much less than the 16GB iPhone 4, which starts at £499.

Play.com has also been mentioning the N8 smartphone with August 31 launch date.

Nokia has announced the addition of one of the world’s most popular travel sites, TripAdvisor, to its online mapping service, Ovi Maps.

The new service will allow users to make search for local attractions, hotels and restaurants. Users will also get reviews from TripAdvisor’s fifteen million users. In addition, the service will bring the latest information on flights.

The app will be made available in as many as twelve languages throughout the world within a month.

Mobile phone operator Orange UK has listed the latest Nokia E-Series smartphone, the E5, in the “coming soon” section of its website.

Orange UK said that the Nokia E5 would be available shortly on a range of monthly contract options.

The Nokia E5 is equipped with a 2.36-inch TFT display with a resolution of 320 by 240 pixels, a 5MP camera with LED flash and an ARM11 600 MHz processor.

Handset manufacturer Nokia has announced the launch of its new C6 slider smartphone in the UK.

The new handset is available for purchase directly from Nokia with a price tag £289. It is SIM-free that allows you to use the phone on any network with your existing SIM card.

The Nokia C6 comes with a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera with LED Flash, MicroSD support and FM radio. For connectivity, the handset offers 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Mobile phone operator T-Mobile UK will soon start offering Nokia's new N8 smartphone, though the phone has yet to get an official launch date.

As claimed by SlashGear, the N8 smartphone could be launched by Nokia via T-Mobile sometime around late August.

The N8 runs the MeeGo operating system rather than Symbian and comes with a 12-megapixel camera, 3.5-inch display, proximity sensor, accelerometer and compass. For connectivity, the device offers b/g/n WiFi and HDMI.

The profits of Nokia fell to EUR227 million for the quarter ending June 30. It reported a profit of EUR380 million in the same quarter last year. It is under a lot of pressure in the smartphone segment from rivals like Apple and Google.

At the same time, Nokia's CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo stressed that the speculation about his future will have a negative impact on the Company and its image in the market.

The Company had also raised concerns in the month of June that its profits will be under pressure and it will not be in a position to compete effectively in the smartphone segment.

On Monday, some sources reported that Nokia is looking for a new Chief Executive for its Company, as the present CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, is struggling hard to compete in a scenario of advanced smartphones. He has been heading this post since 2006.

The Company’s U.S.-based spokesman, Laurie Armstrong, stated that Nokia won’t make any comments on this matter.

Though Nokia has been selling the maximum number of handsets in the market, it has not been successful to keep up the status of its phones to that of Apple Inc. and the makers using operating software Google Inc.

Nokia, a leading mobile phone manufacturer, has commenced a hunt for its new Chief Executive, as informed by people having information in relation to the matter on Monday.

The new shift came after the existing Chief Executive; Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo’s found it difficult to make a grip on the firm’s scenario in the high-end smartphone markets.

Although Nokia has been successful in selling the best number of mobile phones in comparison to any other maker, it has met with failure as far handling the advances of foes like Apple are concerned.

The Wall Street Journal has published that Nokia Siemens Networks is in discussions to take over the telecom-equipment arm of Motorola Inc. Nokia Siemens is based in Finland and is a joint venture of Nokia Corp.

According to sources, the deal of this takeover may be worth $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion. The deal could be finalized within next few weeks.

Nokia Siemens along with Huawei Technologies is competing for the position of number two in the sales of wireless products globally. Huawei is a low-cost Chinese supplier and was earlier seeking to buy this unit of Motorola.

In an effort of making the phones the main focus of the business, the mobile giant Nokia is selling its stressed modem business. The business is being purchased by Renesas Electronics for US$200 million. In this purchase, Renesas will also acquire some Nokia patents along with 1,100 research and development workers from Finland, India, the U. K. and Denmark.

The Nokia’s modem technology has been licensed by Renesas, since 2009. Both the Companies have also worked together on an HSPA+/LTE or High-Speed Packet Access Plus/Long Term Evolution proposal.

Technology is always changing rapidly and the tech world is sometimes surprised by the fast pace at which changes take place in the market. It has been confirmed that Microsoft will stop selling KIN, only after six weeks it started selling the smartphone. T-Mobile also confirmed that sales of Sidekick will be stopped. But this news has not surprised a lot of people.

World’s leading phone manufacturer Nokia tried to train phone owners about how they should hold their handsets, in a move that is seen as a jibe over Apple iPhone 4’s antenna issue.

Nokia published a blog post titled "How do you hold your Nokia?" on Monday, depicting four ways to hold a handset viz. 'thumb and finger', the 'cup', the 'balance' and the 'four edge grip'.

The post by Nokia emerged after Apple’s chief executive Steve Jobs said iPhone owners facing signal problems should learn to hold the phone in an appropriate way.