Nokia unveils new, thinner multimedia phones

The world's largest cell phone maker, Nokia, unveiled slim new multimedia handsets at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show in an answer to stiff competition from rivals such as Motorola.

The Finnish company, which makes one in three phones sold globally, has suffered from a lack of thin models in the last two years as consumers sought slimmer phones following the success of Motorola's Razr. The N76's debut at CES is intended to highlight not only the phone's stylishness but its multimedia capabilities.

At 13.7 millimeters thick, the new Nokia N76 phone is as slender as most slim-line models from smaller rivals. The Razr is 14mm thick and lags far behind in terms of features.

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