Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, today offered a glimpse into its ambitious vision for the mobile Web.

In a presentation here at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York that was equal parts a roadmap for Nokia's Symbian strategy and a sales pitch for its S60 smartphone platform, Nokia senior product marketing manager Oren Levine emphasized the convergence of technology and convenience that has long been the talking point of mobile Internet evangelists.

"The whole point of having the Internet is changing people's lives," Levine said. "When you then combine that with mobility you're providing the same power not only at the desktop, but wherever you are."

And Nokia's S60 platform already enjoys a considerable reach, running on more than 150 million devices worldwide -- both its own and those of Samsung, Lenovo and LG. All told, S60 appears on more than 80 handset models, ranging from traditional smartphones to devices geared specifically for multimedia or business applications.

Nokia recently rolled out a widget platform for S60, inviting developers to build applications through the common Web languages of HTML, Javascript and CSS.

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