Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Monday announced the launch of its re-tooled N-Gage mobile games service, which allows consumers to browse, demo and buy mobile games directly from their Nokia devices.

Helsinki - Nokia (NASD: NOK) on Tuesday launched its rejiggered N-Gage mobile games service, as well as a mobile social network that lets users share photos and videos, Reuters reported. After several delays, the N-Game games platform was opened on Tuesday to owners of Nokia's N81 multimedia phones; a wider launch is expected later. The Share on Ovi social network was built with technology acquired from U.S.-based Twango, a Nokia spokesperson told Reuters.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has postponed the launch of its re-imagined N-Gage mobile gaming service from this month until sometime in December, Reuters reported. "Software testing is taking a bit more time than what we had expected," Nokia spokesperson Kari Tuutti told Reuters. "We are talking about a couple of weeks." The news comes as the company also experienced a setback with its new mobile music store, which Warner Music Group declined to participate in due to copyright concerns with another Nokia service, MOSH, that lets users share files.

Espoo, Finland - Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia on Wednesday introduced the Nokia Music Store, a PC and over-the-air digital music service that uses technology gained from its acquisition of Loudeye.

Brighton, England - Mobile game developer Digital Chocolate said on Tuesday that it signed an agreement with Nokia to publish a variety of its titles for the N-Gage platform launching in the fall. Titles will include the studio's DChoc Cafe, which blends casual games with mobile community features.

San Francisco - Nokia announced on Monday that mobile game publisher Indiagames will supply titles for its forthcoming N-Gage mobile game platform. The platform is set to launch later this year for Nokia's Nseries multimedia computers and other Nokia S60 devices.

San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile said on Thursday that it will publish a selection of mobile games and content on Nokia's forthcoming N-Gage mobile games platform. Included in the deal will be original Glu titles such as "Super K.O. Boxing" and "Ancient Empires," as well as mobile versions of titles from Atari, Microsoft, PlayFirst and PopCap Games.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Finland-based mobile operator Elisa, to conduct a six-month pilot of its new N-Gage mobile gaming service. Elisa, which counts 2.2 million subscribers, will combine its existing mobile gaming platform with the Nokia N-Gage platform and carry out intensive testing and evaluation. The N-Gage mobile gaming platform is expected to launch officially in mid-2007.

London - Nokia has announced plans to introduce the next generation of its N-Gage mobile phone game platform in September, with publishers Electronic Arts and Gameloft committed to creating games for the new release, GamesIndustry.biz reported. Recent reports have speculated that Nokia plans to integrate N-Gage technology into a series of phones, rather than releasing another dedicated handset. "One of the main events for us is GDC in San Francisco in early March and that's really where you can expect some announcements," Jaako Kaidesoja, head of Nokia's games effort, told Mobile Entertainment magazine.