Nokia Music Store takes to virtual stage with N81 and N95 8GB as support acts

Now the sound checks are finished, Nokia’s Music Store goes live in the UK this week. Not live as in stadium-filling live, but you can now download tracks to your phone; kind of way.

From a single account, customers can access the Nokia Music Store from their PC or from certain Nokia devices. The first two such devices, the Nokia N81 (see pic) and the N95 8GB have, coincidently enough, also gone on sale from today.

The virtual store itself is a serious rival to iTunes, offering millions of tracks from major artists and independent record labels, as well as personal track recommendations and a favourite artist search feature.

Individual tracks from the store cost 80p each, and albums will cost £8 each. You can also stream unlimited tracks to your PC for a subscription of £8 a month.

If iTunes doesn’t rock you, then you can check out Nokia’s Music Store here.