The popular mobile internet site Nokia mobi has extended its offering with the launch of Here and Now, a new section that provides the latest world news, music, celebrity buzz, as well as information on Nokia services and products. Bookmarked in every new Nokia mobile device, Nokia mobi is accessed by millions of consumers across the globe. "By providing quality content to consumers from partners such as Reuters and Rollingstone, Here and Now allows consumers to get more out of Nokia mobi and mobile services in general," said Juha Rytkönen, Director of the Nokia mobile internet site.

In an event held last week in Nanjing (China), Nokia unveiled the Nokia 6208c handset, a new pen input device which caters for a number of different customers, specifically those in China. The touch screen on the Nokia 6208c mobile phone is optimized to write Chinese characters and messages in the most natural way, with a pen. The design of the stylus, attached to the back of the Nokia 6208c phone, is inspired by bamboo slips and works perfectly with the large color display which is reminiscent of an ink stone, another element from traditional Chinese art and culture. All these design cues are implemented using premium materials such as the stainless steel back cover, which makes the handset both easy to use and comfortable to hold.

Nokia announced that it has expanded its Supernova cell phone range with fresh, new colours reflecting the latest runway trends, as well as enhanced new services. The Nokia Supernova 7610, 7510, 7310 and 7210 cell phones are now available in additional colours including Graphite and Passionate Purple. Building on the existing music and entertainment experiences offered by the Nokia Supernova handset range, the enhanced services let people share their images and video with friends through Ovi Share, as well as keep up to date with friends via Nokia Maps and instant messaging with Windows Live Messenger.

Nokia announced that sales of the Nokia N85 and Nokia N79 have started in the United States - just in time to inject a dose of entertainment and colour into your holiday season. The Nokia N85 delivers a striking fusion of design and entertainment that bursts through its stunning 2.6" OLED display, while the Nokia N79 is bound to turn heads with its three seasonally colored Xpress - on smart covers in, red, white and brown, to automatically customize the device's theme to match your holiday moods.

Verizon Wireless and Nokia announced that the new Nokia 2605 Mirage mobile phone. The perfect holiday gift for the trendsetter, the Nokia 2605 Mirage handset is a small, sleek cell phone that lets customers express their unique styles with replaceable Nokia Xpress-on snaps. Customers can purchase the new Nokia 2605 Mirage cell pone in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores across the country beginning Jan. 23, 2009.

The time a business mobile phone was simple and boring is in the past. Business and private are being united. The genuine corporate mobile companies such as the BlackBerry creators, aim more and more at the private user, whilst Samsung and Nokia in turn serve the business user. Nokia serves the business user with their E-series. In addition to a compact slider, the E66, Nokia has introduced the E71. Nokia business phones have a neat design and feature many functionalities. That's the reason more and more private phone users end up going for a business mobile phone.

• Read our full Nokia E71 review.

Nokia unveils the Nokia N97, the world's most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5" touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an 'always open' window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia's flagship N97 mobile device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their 'social location.'

Nokia announced a bright new addition to their CDMA mobile phone portfolio, the Nokia 2608. With its high-gloss exterior, racy stripe down the middle and three colorful options, the Nokia 2608 fold phone was designed for style enthusiasts and consumers who want convenient functionality when they’re on the go. Whether it’s fuchsia with pink stripe, silver with green stripe or black with blue stripe there are choices for expressing individuality.

People use mobile devices to share their lives with friends and family and with this in mind, Nokia introduces the Nokia 6260 slide mobile phone. The phone call is the most obvious way to use the new handset to connect with people, but it will also be used to share photographs and videos, check on a friend's social network status or be guided to a restaurant to meet up with a loved one. For this, the Nokia 6260 slide handset features quick access to search engines and points of interest straight from the home screen and the new 360° navi-key allows a great mobile Internet experience.

It is becoming more and more difficult for current manufacturers to put a unique mobile phone into the market. Many cell phones are equal when it comes to their functionality, and there are only minor differences between current models and their successors. Unlike a few years ago, when mobile phones were gradually taking on more functionalities of other devices. These new models definitely made a difference at the time. The Nokia N95 brought fame to Nokia, which eventually resulted in the N95 8GB version. For now, we are curious as to what Nokia is offering us with the new N96.

• Read our full Nokia N96 review.