Nokia has “ increased confidence ” that the first of its smartphones with Windows Phone will ship in the fourth quarter , the company state on Tuesday .

Nokia ’s CEO Stephen Elop seems to have set up his mass on getting a Windows Phone - based intersection out for the crucial end - of - class vacation shopping time of year , in rules of order to assist turn around the company ’s smartphone fortunes . The party ’s teams are aligned around that goal , he enounce in a affirmation .

The fellowship wo n’t divulge ship dates until closer to when the first phone arrive , but the pressure is on to deliver the devices this twelvemonth , Elop aver when the company announced its first quarter results .

Several hazard to divulge more information are coming up shortly . On June 21 , Elop will give a presentationat the Connection 2011 Conference , which is orchestrate in conjugation with CommunicAsia2011 in Singapore . He will give an update on the ship’s company ’s partnership with Microsoft , and set the stage for a turn of product and service launches , according to the curriculum .

Elop is also scheduled to speak at the Open Mobile Summit , which takes station next hebdomad in London .

Last week , Nokia was one of the fellowship that said it will usethe upcoming Mango version of Microsoft ’s Windows Phone operating system . “We already have Nokia phones running Mango in our labs , ” Microsoft said at the time .

On Tuesday , Nokia also glower financial anticipation for the current quarter . The company now expect Devices & Services net sales to be substantially below its antecedently expected range of € 6.1 billion to € 6.6 billion ( US$ 8.7 billion to $ 9.4 billion ) for the second quarter , thanks to lower average merchandising prices and fewer users want to corrupt its phone .

The alteration underlines the severity of Nokia ’s current situation , and underscore the need for the company to swiftly render Windows Phone equipment and phones with dual SIM cards , a feature that is authoritative in develop commonwealth , accord to a research note from CCS Insight .

On Tuesday , Nokiastarted send the E6 and Nokia X7 , as well . The two phones come with an improved rendering of Symbian^3 , called Anna .