The Wall Street Journal reported Friday on its Web site that the two companieswill launch on Tuesday a version of Nokia's handheld Internet browsing devicecontaining Google's Google Talk service, which allows for voice connections andinstant messaging. It is an upgrade to a Nokia product that came out last year,the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, the Finnish company's first mobile device thatisn't also a cellphone.

The new device relies on WiFi, which enables short-range wireless Internettechnology, instead of cellphone networks. Users won't be able to call regularphones. The Journal reported that the device will cost about $390.

For Google, this is an important partnership since Nokia is the top sellinghandset maker in the world, and the potential for "adding eyeballs" to the Internet company's advertising, said Richard Doherty, research director atEnvisioneering Group, a market research firm.

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