The world's leading cell phone maker, Nokia, has unveiled its highly-anticipated touchscreen handset, in a bid to challenge the Apple iPhone in the mobile music market.

Beginning this month, deaf and speech-impaired residents of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Avon, Somerset, and Wiltshire will be able to contact emergency authorities via text message.

The rising growth of social networking websites, text and instant messaging, and other forms of mobile and online communication, are taking their toll on email usage and by extension, the effectiveness of email marketing, according to a recent study by JupiterResearch.

Nokia president and CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, gave credit to new mobile phone competitors this week, noting that Apple, Research In Motion, and Google have helped to increase interest in the smartphone market, but assuring that his company was ready to respond to all challengers.

MobiTV, a popular mobile television service, has reached a deal with Disney-ABC Television Group to make a number of popular ABC shows, such as Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty available over the wireless airwaves.