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The Register: Nokia is on the verge of launching its own iTunes-like music downloads service, if rumours are correct. Online reports suggest the handset vendor is to unveil the service later this month, alongside two new music-oriented handsets.

Speculation has it that Nokia will unveil the service on 29 August at the Ministry of Sound nightclub in London. The unnamed service could allow users to download songs, and potentially games, onto their PCs and then transfer them to their mobile phone or other music player.

Reports suggest the firm will allow users to transfer songs onto non-Nokia handsets using DRM software.

What hasn’t been hinted at so far is which music artists have signed up to the service. This could be one of the deciding factors in the site’s popularity – Apple’s iTunes service currently has one of the largest legal downloads libraries on the internet, running into millions of songs.

Reports also suggest the Finnish company will unveil two supporting music-orientated 3G handsets, the N81 and N82.

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I4U: New Nokia N-series mobile phones have been apparently leaked.

The Nokia N81 slider  is supposed to feature 8GB of memory, 2.4 inch QVGA screen, 2MP camera, quad-band EDGE with HSDPA, WiFi (b/g w/ uPnP), Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and 3.5mm headphone jack. (…)

The Nokia N82 is supposed to go on the start with a 5MP camera with 20x digital zoom, 2.4 QVGA inch screen, GPS, TV-Out, FM radio, quad-band EDGE with HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi.
Both new Nokia phones are supposed to be released in Q4-2007.

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