If Apple ever unveils its long-rumored iPhone, it's going to have catching up to do.

Nokia 3250

While phone maker Sony Ericsson has ridden the growing popularity of its music-playing phones to record profits, Nokia said today that its own music phone has sold more than 1 million units in less than four months.

The $350 rotating candy-bar-style phone, the Nokia 3250, stores up to 750 songs (1 GB) of music and comes with a two-megapixel camera and built-in FM radio. It plays music in the MP3 and WMA, M4A, AAC, and eAAC+ formats and runs on S60 3rd Edition software and the Symbian operating system.

"As we enter the summer holiday season, the Nokia 3250 is an ideal travel companion--it stores all your favorite songs, records fondest summer memories, and even has an offline mode for those endless long-haul flights," Nokia's Heikki Norta said in a statement.

According to market research firm Ovum, an estimated 27 percent of the mobile phones sold globally this year will be able to store and play music and will jump to 69 percent by 2010.