BARCELONA (Reuters) - The world's largest cellphone maker, Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research), said on Wednesday it expected the market for smartphones to double next year, and launched three new premium models it hopes will take advantage of that growth.

"I am comfortable in saying that we expect the market for convergence devices like smartphones to double to 100 million units in 2006," Chief Executive Jorma Ollila told a Nokia conference in Spain.

Nokia, which leads the market for cheaper phones, has been adding new models to its medium and higher price range to try to meet competition from second-placed rival Motorola (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and number-three handset maker Samsung Electronics (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research).

Ollila said Nokia would ship more than 40 million mobiles with integrated music players this year and repeated that it expected to sell 100 million camera-phones in 2005.

Nokia announced three new models -- two new multimedia phones and one able to receive mobile TV broadcasts -- to be part of its upmarket N-series that includes phones with high-quality cameras and expanded music players.

Nokia's Multimedia division general manager Anssi Vanjoki told the Barcelona conference the N71 would be a "true Internet device," with a sizeable screen, 3G technology and ability to use wireless broadband.

The Finnish mobile giant also announced a new Web browser for its smartphones, handsets which are mainly aimed at business users and offer limited PC-type functions such as e-mail.

"With this Nokia N71, we are bringing to the consumer ... a completely new way of browsing the Web," Vanjoki told Nokia's annual Mobility Conference. The phone is expected to reach the market in the first quarter of next year, at a price of about 400 euros before taxes and subsidies.

It is equipped with third-generation mobile technology and offers WLAN broadband connections, allowing Internet access through "hot spots" in airports and cafes using the short-range wireless technology common in laptop computers.

The third in the new trio is the N92, a mobile TV with a 2.8 inch screen, able to use DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) technology to pick up broadcasts direct from TV masts, not through mobile operators.

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