Tag archive: Ovi

On Wednesday, Nokia announced the next update of their Symbian^3 operating system, named Belle, would be coming out in February for select devices. Except they didn't call it Symbian Belle, but Nokia Belle instead. The subtle name swap was explained with a throwaway quote in parenthesis saying “previously Symbian Belle,” which did little to shed any light on the situation. Since joining forces with Microsoft, Nokia has steadily… Read More

Since 2007 Nokia has been pushing its Ovi brand of services, offering everything from maps and email to games, app downloads, instant messaging, media sharing, a music store, and more. Now, Nokia says it's done with the Ovi brand: all the services will continue to operation, but they will be rebranded as “Nokia Services” to consolidate the company's offerings under a single name: Nokia. “By centralizing our… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More