Finland’s Nokia has been gearing up to take on Apple and the iPhone App Store, and today the company has opened its Ovi Store to a worldwide audience via the Web. Although early reports have the store experiencing a few hiccups as it rolled live, the store is now available worldwide to an estimated 50 million users who own compatible Nokia devices. And while U.S. users are limited to just to Web for right now, mobile operator AT&T has announced plans to make a mobile version of the Ovi Store available to its customers later this year.
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Nokia Brings N78 Media Phone to U.S.
Finland’s Nokia is sticking with its recent tactic of bringing its Nseries devices to the United States without benefit of a partnership with a U.S. mobile phone operator. The latest mutimedia hanset to make the jump is the N78, sporting a 3.2 megapixel camera, integrated GPS, and (of course) tie-ins to Nokia Maps (three months free!) and Nokia’s Ovi Internet-based social and sharing services.
“Offering the robust feature set expected from an Nseries device, the integration of these features with Nokia’s new suite of Ovi services is what makes the Nokia N78 a perfect companion for a connected and mobile lifestyle,” said Nokia’s Go-to-Market VP William Plummer, in a statement.

