Nokia has announced that their Nokia X3 handset will play nice with Comes With Music. Availability in different markets will be announced soon. This one won’t run on the Symbian S60 operating system, but they are claiming that it is the best non-smartphone music handset from the company yet, powered by S40.

The microSDHC memory card slot will hold up to 16GB of music and you’ll also get Bluetooth connectivity, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a 2.2″ display. The big question is price. How much on contract? Hopefully it will be reasonable.

When you think Nokia, you think cellphones. But now the cell phone maker is getting into the bench biz. Nokia is setting up musical benches throughout the United Kingdom, in ’secret locations’, in order to promote their Comes With Music audio service. Each bench will feature three integrated handsets with headphones so passers-by can sample music.

Apparently the track lists will mirror the region where the bench is deployed, so you would get the Beatles in Liverpool and say Black Sabbath in Birmingham. You probably already want to steal the bench since it’s neat and all. You can’t. Each will be under close supervision by a security guard and a “performer”.