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The International Data Corp. (IDC), a market intelligence firm has recently reveals the result on quarterly statistics worldwide for the cellular market. The report says Nokia is leading the industry in terms of sell, followed by Samsung and LG. However the number four position has been obtained by RIM for the very first time. This must have had brought delight to all the RIM fans as it has acquired the fourth position brushing aside Sony Ericsson. It has managed with to sell 10.6 million BlackBerry units in the first quarter of 2010 – a figure is more than the total number of cellular phones sold by Sony Ericsson and Motorola.

With this encouraging sales report now RIM is planning to launch BlackBerry 6 OS by the end of the year. The revenue for the telecom industry has increased to 21.7 percent in the first quarter of 2010. With Nokia leads the trail with 107.8 million phones, Samsung finishing second 64.3 million units sold, and LG takes the third place with 27.1 million handsets shipped.

Nokia and Microsoft are jointly bringing a new Communicator Mobile. The latest application will connect the client directly with the communication systems of a specific company. Communicator Mobile from Microsoft is an interesting invention. If your friends are online and the facilities like text, email and IM will enable you to contact with them. The application also facilitates the users to update themselves.

“Our alliance with Nokia aims to bring the Office productivity experience to the millions of people using Nokia smartphones around the world. With the arrival of Communicator Mobile for Nokia today, we have a great start to fulfilling our joint vision,” said Kirt Debique, General Manager at Microsoft. It is the first product launched by the alliance from Nokia and Microsoft that was designed in 2009. There are already two pioneering E-Series devices, E-52, E-72 for Nokia by the alliance company. Communicator Mobile will help Nokia in optimizing direct access to personal information and e-mail with the help of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.

Nokia has made a new addition to its X series of Mobile phones with the introduction of Nokia X2. This mid range handset is considered to be an entry level music phone which is loaded with decent features. This latest mobile phone has monoblock body with physical measurements of 111 X 47 X13.3 mm and weighs only 82 grams. There is 2.2 inches of QVGA display in the handset that offers resolution count of 320 X 240 pixels and supports 26K colors.

The embedded memory of the phone is 48MB but it can be increased up to 16GB with the help of MicroSD card. To offer great experience to all the music lovers X2 is loaded with features like FM tuner, music player supporting multiple formats like AAC, eAAC, eAAC+ and WMA, stereo speakers, 26 hours of music playback time, 3.5mm headset jack and others.

Other impressive features of this latest mobile phone include 5MP camera with LED flash and digital zoom, Bluetooth 2.1, USB, access to Facebook status, applications from Ovi Store, new S40 OS and others. Nokia X2 will be available in India very soon with an approximate price tag of Rs.5000.

Nokia E5 is one of the latest handset which is loaded with all the features that a busy professional would expect from his smartphone. E5 is the latest addition to the E series and is also the cheapest phone from the series as it comes with a price tag of around Rs.10,000.

This mobile phone offers perfect combination of impressive business features and personal networking and entertainment features. The phone supports instant messaging, full email and social networking access. It also provides the direct access to more than 90% of the corporate email in the world through Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Travler.

Its 2.4 inches of TFT screen offers bright and crisp images with its resolution of 320 X 240 pixels and 256K colors. The full QWERTY keyboard makes typing of long mails and messages as a hassle free task. Other features of the mobile phone include expandable memory up to 32 GB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5MP camera, Symbian OS and many others.

Nokia C6 is one of the latest handset by the company which is Symbian S60 based smartphone. This good looking mobile phone has physical measurements of 113 X 53 X 16.8mm and weighs 150g. The phone displays social networking feeds on the right side of the home screen and it comes loaded with full suite of social networking and email capabilities. There is 3.2 inches of TFT touchscreen in the handset that offers 360 X 640 pixel resolution and provides support to 16M colors.

The slide out QWERTY keyboard of the phone provides fast and easy typing and it also features proximity sensor and accelerometer sensor. Other features which make this mobile phone as a god choice include expandable memory up to 16 GB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5MP camera with AF and LED flash, FM radio and others. The Li-ion 1200 mAh battery of the phone will provide standby time of around 384 hours and talktime of around 7 hours. Nokia C6 will be available in the market for an approximate price of Rs.13,000.

In order to capture low end mobile segment in India, Nokia has unveiled its latest keypad handsets at affordable rates. C3 is one such latest mobile phone from the company which has decent list of features. The physical dimensions of this handset are 115.5 X 13.6 X 63.2mm with weight of 114g. Its 2.4 inches of TFT screen that offers resolution count of 320 X 240 pixels and provides support to 256K colors. The screen of the phone also supports Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat.

C3 is a mobile phone which offers social networking tools and better messaging in hands as it offers direct access to various social networking sites. The users can also view, update and comment on their status and even share their pictures. Email and chat accounts in this mobile phone can be set straight from the device without any need for a PC. Other impressive features of the handset include Wi-Fi, 2MP camera, expandable memory up to 16GB and many others. Nokia C5 will be available in the market with an approximate price of Rs.5500.

Nokia recently announced their financial results for the first quarter of 2010. The report the revenue and profit of Nokia has become higher than last year’s and they’re manufacturing 50% more smartphones than the same period in 2009.

But at the same time the release of Symbian ^3 OS will be delayed for the second half of the year, which may disappoint man Nokia users who were looking forward to it. But back to the financial results, Nokia earned revenue of 9.52 billion euro, which is 3% higher than the revenue of first quarter in 2009. The operating profit reached 488 million euro, which is quite a big achievement compared again to the 55 million from the Q1 in the last year. Nokia smartphone sales have also increased twice, but the average price for a smartphone device has gone down with 35 euro to 155 euro. In spite of that, Nokia sold 16% more handsets than the first quarter last year.

Yesterday on 23rd April,2010 Nokia has announced the new X5 TD-SCDMA S60 3rd edition powered smart phone in China. The X5 comes with a slim look which measures 4.44in x 1.95in x .57inches. It has got an alphanumeric keyboard with a 2.4 inch QVGA screen that displays 320 x 240 pixel resolution. In the back side of the handset a 5 megapixel digital camera is attached. You can take nice pictures as well as record videos at 30 frames per second.

The X5 is also equipped with a 3.5mm headphone jack as well as Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR connectivity. A GPS receiver is connected with this cellphone with support for a GPS. It comes with a music player for the younger people; this is a perfect musical device features dedicated music keys and quick access to CMCC music. It will be available in black, white, and red encasing. Pricing has not yet been declared. This wonderful handset of Nokia will be launched in China.

In order to expand its handset market in India Nokia is all set to unveil its 2 new phone series Nokia X and Nokia C within this quarter. The news was declared by Chandan Dang, the Regional General Manager of Nokia India.

Further details were not disclosed by Dang but he stated that these latest series will include mid and high end mobile phones and will be priced from Rs.5000 onwards.

Currently Nokia is selling their handset under 2 series called Nokia E and Nokia N. The E series from Nokia is targeted at professional people whereas the N series is aimed at high end customers.

Along with its 2 new series Nokia is also planning to launch its new handsets which will be equipped with Linux based Maemo software in the next 2 to 3 months. These new handsets will be high performance mobile computers with the processors.

Four new handsets for entry level consumers are also launched by the company which includes Nokia 2690, Nokia 1800, Nokia 1616 and Nokia 1280. These entry level handsets will be available in the price range of Rs.1200 and Rs.2479.

If you are a music enthusiast then the latest music service ‘Ovi Music Unlimited’ by Nokia is surely going to impress you.  It’s Nokia`s hottest music service which has rebranded its earlier version called ‘Comes with Music’. The launch of Ovi Music Unlimited also brought about a modification in the name of ‘Nokia Music Store’ to Ovi Music Store. This wonderful service is now available for the Indian customers’ using Nokia mobile phones.

It facilitates the users to create an account and join this service either from PC or the mobile phone. The customers who has opted for the unlimited membership they are allowed to download their favorite music to any compatible PC. Just open Ovi Player on your computer, and open the Ovi Music tab. You can easily transfer the music from Ovi Music Unlimited by connecting your handset with the PC via data cable. You can also review the Ovi Music Unlimited subscription, check your download history, and get newsletters, promotions, and updates.