London - European mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has cut the price of Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) first handset to support the Comes With Music unlimited download service, with analysts saying it's due to lackluster sales, Times Online reported. The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic was reduced in price from about $185 to $120 after less than three months on sale. "They are struggling with sales," CCS Insight analyst Paolo Pescatore told Times Online.

London - The digital rights management (DRM) security protecting Nokia's new Comes With Music unlimited mobile music service has been cracked, Electric Pig reported. A $26 application developed by Tunebite purports to play back songs and then re-dub them into a non-encrypted file, in a process that takes just a couple of seconds per song.

London - Nokia on Thursday announced that major label EMI and a number of independents have signed deals to add their tracks to its "Comes With Music" service, which provides buyers of new phones with a year's worth of unlimited song downloads.

Espoo, Finland - Mobile phone giant Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal to add Warner Music Group's (NYSE: WMG) catalog to its "Comes With Music" line of phones that ship with a year's worth of unlimited music downloads, as well as its Nokia Music Stores. The company previously licensed Universal Music Group tracks for the service in December 2007, and Sony BMG in April.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced on Tuesday that Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG has joined Universal Music Group in licensing its catalog for unlimited access on Nokia phones as part of the company's Comes With Music offering. The service gives Nokia phone buyers access to unlimited mobile and PC-based downloads from the Nokia Music Store for a year, after which time they may continue on an unlimited access subscription service.

Los Angeles - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is reportedly paying Universal Music Group $35 per device for the rights to pre-load music from the label's artists on the devices it sells as part of its new "Comes With Music" offering in Europe, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cited "a well-informed mobile industry executive."

Helsinki - Major record label EMI is in talks with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on licensing its songs for the company's forthcoming "Comes With Music" unlimited mobile music service, Reuters reports. "We want to be part of it. I believe strongly that when it launches we will be there, with a full offering," Wemppa Koivumaki, head of EMI Finland, told a news conference.

London - Apple (NASD: AAPL) is in talks with the major record labels on possible new models that would see music come pre-loaded, or be available through unlimited subscription plans on its iPod and iPhone devices, the Financial Times reports. While Nokia (NYSE: NOK), which signed a deal with Universal Music for an unlimited "Comes With Music" service, will reportedly pay nearly $80 per handset to music companies, Apple is offering only about $20 per device, two executives familiar with the negotiations told FT.com.

Amsterdam - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has struck a deal with Universal Music Group to offer purchasers of new Nokia music handsets unlimited free downloads of Universal tracks to their phones for 12 months, with consumers able to keep the songs after the "Comes With Music" promotion ends. "The financial barrier to try new music is completely removed," Nokia spokesman Damian Stathonikos told Reuters, adding, "We are in talks with all major labels. The response from labels has been very, very positive."