Nokia launches phones, announces Facebook deal

Nokia said its X6 and X3 models would container in the fourth quarter, priced at 450 euros ($641) and 115 euros respectively.

It also unveiled a smaller form of its N97 smartphone, to be priced at 450 euros, and said it was on the edge of selling 2 million units of the initial N97. Nokia said N97 sales were outpacing sales of its former flagship model, the N95.

Nokia also said it had agreed on a deal with Facebook where people could update their location and eminence direct to the communal networking location via a Nokia Ovi account.

The first phone to back up the help desire be the N97 mini, which desire start shipping in October.

Nokia shares were even at 9.41 euros at 0802 GMT.

($1=.7023 Euro)

(Reporting close by Tarmo Virki and Brett Young in Helsinki)