Nokia has quietly launched  a new venture called WidSets within Nokia Ventures Organization, its business incubation unit, with the goal of bringing the joy of widgets to a million registered mobile users by the end of the year.

A company spokesman said Nokia was looking to claim the same kind of mind share in the mobile world that Yahoo  widgets have in the web.  No word on how the company plans to monetize its entry into mobile widgettry but, for now, it is happy to simply spread the gospel and build a giant user base.   

WidSets work across all platforms and to have a very short development cycle so that refinements can made quickly. The service was launched on June 6 and already got its first expansion at the end of the month that included several new key features: two-way functionality, more to read from the feeds, audio alarms, skin editor for widget creation, and better information from the system widget.