The high-tech Finnish group said it planned to introduce a new portal for users called Ovi, which will include the Nokia Music Store, a virtual record shop with a catalogue to rival Apple's. <\/p>\n
Chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said the store, set to launch in the fourth quarter of this year, would have "millions" of tracks to download. <\/p>\n
"Our target is to have all the music in all the world available to everybody," he said. <\/p>\n
Nokia Music Store will open initially in selected European markets, before being rolled out to other European and Asian markets in the following months, the company said. <\/p>\n
Singles would cost one euro and albums €10, and users will able to connect to the store with both their handsets and computers. <\/p>\n
The launch of the store comes on the back of Nokia's acquisition last year of digital music distributor Loudeye for about $60m and shows how the company is moving away from being a simple handset manufacturer. <\/p>\n
"With a single account, music lovers can access the Nokia Music Store via their desktop computer or directly from optimised Nokia devices," the company said. <\/p>\n
Apple's iTunes music service is by far the biggest legal download site for popular music and is credited with revolutionising the music market, which has moved away from real-life record shops but still faces a problem of illegal downloading. <\/p>\n
Nokia also revealed that it is to launch new handsets designed especially for music fans called XpressMusic phones. These will hit the market in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n
The Ovi portal – Ovi means door in Finnish – will also offer gaming and mapping services.<\/p>\n
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