Nokia has issued its fourth quarter and full-year financial results.

Net sales were down 9% for the year to €38.7 billion, while operating profit has fallen from €2.1 billion last year to a loss this year of €1.1 billion - most of which resulted from the final quarter’s trading. Nokia says it aims to break even in the first quarter of 2012.

Mark Bridge writes:

Happy New Year and welcome to the travelling circus better known as the Carnival of the Mobilists. If you’re looking for the best mobile-related blog posts from the past couple of weeks, you’ve come to the right place. (If you’re wondering about the name of Beyonce’s baby, you need to try somewhere else).

Nokia is dropping the Symbian name for the latest release of its operating system.

In an announcement today, it said “The all new Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) user interface will soon be available for download to some existing smartphones and begin shipping with a selection of smartphones that are already on the market.”

James Rosewell writes:

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Luxury mobile phone brand Vertu has launched its first touchscreen handset.

It’s called the Vertu Constellation - a product name that was originally used five years ago - and is a Symbian-based smartphone with a 3.5-inch display. On the back is an 8 megapixel camera.