Nokia has announced that its latest music handset, the X6, is now shipping in some markets. The company is calling the handset, which comes bundled with the Comes with Music package, an "all-you-can-eat music powerhouse".

As previously reported, the phone has 32GB of onboard memory, supports all "main" digital music formats, sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen display and has a 5-megapixel camera. It comes bundled with three games too, Spore, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour.

If you want to get your hands on one, then it'll cost 450 euros before taxes. That means it'll be about ??470 in the UK when VAT is added. It's available from the Nokia Online Store, but only if you live in Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and Africa where the device is being initially made available.

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Nokia X6 is now shipping originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:53:55 +0000

The?Nokia X6, the Finnish company's latest flagship model, will be hitting the UK on Friday 27 November according to the chaps at Nokia. The new handset will be a "Comes with Music" offering and be exclusively available through?Phones4U.

Free, as the Brits do best, it will cost you ?35 a month on Orange for the length of the contract. Hoping to lure in current Nokia upgraders you'll be able to get it for ?25 a month if you hand in a Nseries phone.

It is also available today to pre-order from www.shop.nokia.co.uk at ?449 SIM free.
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The X6, first debuted at Nokia World in September, will offer 32GB of on-board memory, a 3.2-inch, 16:9 ratio capacitive touchscreen and a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens

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Nokia X6 hits UK Friday originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:05:33 +0000

T-Mobile and Nokia have announced the launch of a "Comes with Music" handset with the introduction of a special chrome version of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

Angled as perfect for music-lovers, the Nokia 5800 Comes with Music lets customers download unlimited music for free from the 6-million track strong Nokia Music Store.

In the UK 3 and Orange offer Nokia Comes with Music handsets, but a recent report has suggested UK up-take for the service stands at just 32,728 customers since its launch in October 2008.

The Nokia 5800 Comes With Music will be available from 1 November for free on T-Mobile's Combi 24-month price plans at ?30 per month, which include unlimited mobile internet and unlimited texts.

The comes without music Nokia 5800 is available on T-Mobile for ?15 a month (with less texts, etc) suggesting a fair old premium for the music service - on a handset announced back in 2008.

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T-Mobile to offer Comes with Music Nokia 5800 originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:02 +0000

If Nokia wasn't already reeling from a poor Q3 earnings report, then news leaked out to Music Ally probably won't help lift their mood either.

According to documents shown to the music industry website, Nokia has managed to sign up just 107,000 customers to its Comes with Music offering.

Broken down further and the UK takes the lion's share with 32,728 customers since its launch in October 2008.

Nokia, who has spent big to promote the service that gives users access to unlimited music, will no doubt have hoped for better performance.

"While the offering is a great one, trying to explain it to consumers is a tough sell. What do you get? What happens to the tracks? Do you have to keep paying?" an industry expert told us. "It's been the core problem."?

Nokia, according to the site, wouldn't be drawn on the numbers.

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Nokia Comes with Music struggling to gain users originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:16:18 +0100

3 has been announced as the first UK mobile operator partner for Spotify, following negotiations earlier in the year, and will be pushing out the music subscription service bundled with handsets before Christmas. The HTC Hero will be the first phone to come with the app pre-installed, and it'll be followed by three further handsets.

It's already possible to get Spotify on the HTC Hero (and other Android handsets) from other operators, as well as on the iPhone, but this will be the first time in the UK that the subscription service will be bundled in with your monthly mobile phone bill. It's unclear so far how much it'll cost - we reckon it won't be the full ?10 that the subscription normally costs.

The move puts Spotify in an interesting position - directly competing with fellow Scandinavians Nokia and its much-derided Comes with Music service. It'll also help Spotify break out of early-adopter circles and into less tech-savvy markets, making it more mainstream.

It's unclear yet what the other handsets on offer will be, though the lineup will almost certainly include the not-yet-detailed Spotify handset from INQ. We'll bring you more on this story as we hear it.

UPDATE: A 3 spokesperson has told Pocket-lint to "watch this space". Sounds like there'll be more news shortly.

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3 to launch Spotify phones in the UK originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:18:31 +0100