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Nokia Ovi Browser beta released

Nokia has released a beta version of Ovi Browser for Nokia Series 40 phone. This browser will carry Ovi innovative user interface and data compression technology to save bandwidth consumption.

In addition to save bandwidth, this technology is expected to be capable of displaying web pages faster. The use of such data compression technology was previously also been used by Opera and Skyfire. Beta Version Ovi can be downloaded for free by accessing http://browser.ovi.com.

Nokia Ovi Browser can be running on Nokia 2700 Classic, Nokia 2730 Classic, Nokia 3120 Classic, Nokia 3600 Slide, Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, Nokia 5220 Xpressmusic, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, Nokia 5330 Xpressmusic, Nokia 5610, Nokia 6300i, Nokia 6303, Nokia 6500 Slide, Nokia 6500 Classic, Nokia 6600 Slide, Nokia 6700 Classic, Nokia 7210 Supernova, Nokia 7900 Prism and Nokia X3.

Ovi Maps makes travel easier and more fun

Ovi Maps, the free walk and drive navigation service from Nokia, announced new partnerships that deliver more relevant information on more points of interest making travelling easier than ever. With summer holidays fast approaching, the updated Ovi Maps gives travelers and locals alike the ability to find the most interesting places and sites in the area making traveling less about getting from A to B and more about enjoying everything in between.

Ovi delivers unique mobile experiences that mix content with the best location, social networking and connectivity services and is the go to-place for discovering, sharing and enjoying lifestyle content and entertainment, all from a Nokia smartphone.  

• Ovi Maps now includes Qype, (Sorry guys for Europe only) the biggest portal for local community-based reviews, helping people find new places wherever they are, leaving nothing overlooked.
• Ovi Maps now offers Nokia smartphone users access to more than 25 million points of interest worldwide.
• For people planning a road trip, Nokia has started to include car kits with new smartphones in-the-box
  

Nokia now supplies car kits in-the-box with nine of its smartphones. A car holder and car charger are included with the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 6710 Navigator, and the Nokia X6. A car holder is now included with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia E52, Nokia E72 and Nokia 5230.

[via Nokia]

Nokia and Yahoo partnership bring chat, mail and maps to mobile device

Yahoo and Nokia recently announced a partnership to provide services Maps, Mail and Instant Messaging. Nokia Ovi service reportedly will integrate Ovi Maps service on Yahoo Maps application.

Mapping and navigation services will now use the Yahoo Maps marker "Powered By Ovi" at the bottom. Meanwhile, Yahoo will take over management of Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat that using at Nokia. Mail and Chat Service is now called "Ovi Mail / Ovi Powered by Yahoo"

Besides Yahoo and Nokia have agreed to use the same user ID on their service. In this way, users can enjoy the services of Yahoo and Nokia with the same user ID.

[via yahoo]

It's time to meet Ovi Store 1.6

Nokia are constantly working to optimize Ovi Store experience, they made some key usability improvements. This latest update has some great enhancements and we're excited to share Ovi Store for Nokia user.

If you have Nokia S40 or S60 series phone, you need to install or upgrade your Ovi Store software, which enables you to download the latest apps any time. User can also charge apps right to her/his phone bill, without credit card required.

Nokia Sports Tracker apps now support non-touch device

With the recent release of the all new Sports Tracker Symbian application for Nokia touch devices, and finally this news came as a blow for all those non-touch Nokia handset owners. So non-touch Nokia owners must be happy to hear these, the all new Sports Tracker has now been released for their handset (S60 3rd Edition Feature pack 2). 

Available for free right now in Ovi Store, Sports Tracker has everything you need to log, and check documented all of your workouts from your Nokia device, including uploading and organizing your workouts in the form of data graphs, and alike.

[via zomgitscj]

Nokia Ovi Life Tools launches in China with the Nokia 1800 and Nokia 1616

With affordability and ease of use as the cornerstones to solutions designed for entry markets, the Nokia 1800 and the Nokia 1616 will bring Ovi Life Tools to China, as well as all the favourite features that consumers around the world have come to expect from Nokia mobile phones.

The Nokia 1800 features a large color display, exchangeable color covers, FM radio, a flashlight, a calendar with reminders, MP3-grade ringtones, and an integrated hands-free speaker.

The Nokia 1616 comes with a long-lasting anti-dust keypad, FM radio, a flashlight, and a display that makes viewing information on the small screen easier. The Nokia 1800 and Nokia 1616 with Ovi Life Tools will be available mid-May. The estimated retail price is around RMB 250-300. 

The selected four services are: Agriculture, Female Illnesses and Male Illnesses out of Healthcare category, and Weather from Entertainment category.

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Indonesia's Greater Jakarta police unveils Nokia app for traffic control information

Following the official launch of its Twitter account, Greater Jakarta Police Office's Traffic Management Control (TMC) also provides Nokia app which provisions similar Jakarta traffic information in your own phone. Developed by Elasitas, the app has already listed in Ovi Store. Nokia users may download TMC app at http://store.ovi.com/content/32105.

I made small research to figure out which models are supported. Unfortunately, there are only few series in the list, most of them are new line ups, like 6210 Navigator, N96, E71 and newer QWERTY models, N97 and newer touchscreen models. It lefts most of older phones and forced their owners to get back to Twitter service.

Something I notice in Ovi Store, the app screenshot is poorly presented as there's only 192x192 pixels picture available like this one above. How many information can we obtain only looking from that?

Nokia Comes With Music service is now called Ovi Music Unlimited, launch in India

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia announced that it planned on focusing more on the services that it offered to its users, and now we learn that one of these services has seen a major change. Nokia users living in India will see that the Nokia Comes With Music service is now called Ovi Music Unlimited. It seems Ovi Player got an update to version 2.1

Nokia Ovi Player updated to v2.1

The Nokia Ovi Player or formerly known as the Nokia Media Player, this day has been updated to version 2.1. This new update provides stability and performance over the existing weaknesses in the previous version.

Here are the features available on the new version:

• We have re-worked music downloads functionality to make it more reliable. You can now pause and restart downloads from the Nokia and Ovi Music stores. Ovi Player will automatically retry any failed downloads and will also preserve uncompleted downloads on application restart.
• With the latest Nokia Ovi Player you can now automatically import your music library from iTunes and all the manual playlists that you created in iTunes (however, iTunes DRM protected files and smart playlists will not be imported).
• We have also provided a new 'Play' above the control column headers in detailed view. Simply click this button and containing all the tracks will be added to the Player Queue and played sequentially.
• There are new tooltips for tracks in the Playlists and Player Queue. These tooltips are visible when Hovering over a track and will show you Artist, Album and Artwork for the track.
• We've made it easier to select the Music Store for your region (note that you will need a credit card for that region to purchase any tracks) and change the proxy settings. Just hit F4 key and all this pops up in the Options dialogue window.
• The new version is more robust and efficient memory when compared to the previous version.
• Finally, we have also made it possible to hide the start-up screen, so you can carry on using other applications without being interfered by the Nokia Ovi Player.

We can download it at music.nokia.com/download or if you previously have had Ovi Player application installed, just go to "Check for Updates".

[via OviBlog]

Ovi Maps v3.04 Beta released

Nokia Beta Labs has been released Ovi Maps v3.04 this morning, this is a new version since Nokia release Ovi Map 3.03.

Some people who has try this version found a few nice features such as:
- better battery life
- smooth voice notification
- better signal receive, ability to hooked with 6 (six) GPS sattelite while using the device indoor (try at Nokia e52 device)
- fast to lock with GPS sattelite

You can download Ovi Maps Beta v3.04 at Nokia Beta Labs for free, enjoy!