Today Skype and Nokia jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is now downloadable for free from the Ovi Store or from the website. Currently we do not know whether non-Nokia Symbian devices like the Sony Ericsson Satio or Vivaz Pro are supported as well. What we know, however, is that all Nokia Symbian devices, whether a N95 or the N97, are supported. Read the rest of this entry »
At this year’s Mobile World Congress Nokia wasn’t present with a booth at the Fira. Instead, it propped up its tent a few hundred meters away, making its own little version of Nokia World – Nokia’s biggest event of the year. This is why most attendees expected a major announcement with either a new flagship device or a stunning successor. However, as Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President of Services at Nokia, took to the stage, everybody in the audience knew that this announcement would be focused on services rather than on devices. Now although at first it may seem a little strange or rather disappointing, it highlights Nokia’s new attitude and strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
With a great user experience, an aggressive global rollout plan and a focus on local relevance, Nokia felt that it was time to commend some of the landmark the Nokia services have achieved. Taking a look at the Ovi umbrella of services, Nokia particularly highlighted the success of its Location, Music, Store, Messaging, Money and Life Tools services. Full press release after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
Nokia today released Qt 4.6, the latest version of the cross-platform application and UI framework. The Qt SDK provides everything you need to develop web-enabled desktop, mobile and embedded applications and UIs. It includes the Qt cross-platform application framework and the Qt Creator cross-platform IDE. Featuring new platform support, powerful new graphical capabilities and support for multi-touch and gestures, Qt 4.6 makes developing advanced applications for Symbian, Maemo, and other platforms even easier. Read the rest of this entry »
For all those music lovers out there, Nokia has announced the Ovi Player. Ovi Player is the new name for the earlier Nokia Music application. Ovi Player is not a ground-up rebuild of Nokia Music, but it does contain some new features that will make it even easier to use. Read the rest of this entry »
N-Gage has been Nokia’s gaming focus for quite some time, but after several attempts of trying to revive the service, Nokia has finally decided to call it a day. As mobile gaming evolves and begins to encompass social gaming, Nokia want to offer one store front with a wider portfolio of games – games for everyone. It’s much more convenient to have one place to get all your mobile content, and this it what the Ovi Store aims to provides. You can see the full N-Gage press release after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »
This video shows how to install the Ovi Store application onto the Nokia 6300 and will also work on all other S40 devices. It also shows how to access Ovi Store through the S40 browser.
Nokia has launched the new MyDailyApp blog, which is designed to review one application everyday from a selection of those available at the Ovi Store. The idea is great as it will bring the application to the user. The reviews are written by Forum Nokia employees, which is the worlds largest mobile developer community. You can also let them know if you have any ideas or suggestions, or maybe something you would like to see.
I would like to send my greetings to all our Muslim readers and show you a selection of applications available to help you experience this special season as it happens. If you observe the Holy month of Ramadan these tools may be quite useful to you. You can access them all at the Ovi Store or by simply selecting an application from the ones listed below and clicking on the download button displayed on that page. Read the rest of this entry »
ShoZu has partnered with Nokia to offer access to its social media hub application to millions of mobile users worldwide. The app is available for download through Nokia’s OVI store, the largest global mobile app store with users in more than 100 countries. The partnership allows both ShoZu and Nokia to expand their social media sharing capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »
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