Products & Services
Ovi Mail hits 1 million users
By JBC on 11 August 2009
GLOBAL – In a little over six months over one million users have signed up for an Ovi Mail account. With the top five countries including India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and South Africa its clear the idea of on-device email set up and use is proving to be hugely popular in developing countries. This is a great milestone for the team behind Ovi Mail and evidence that the service launch is timely and fulfilling a definite need. Only 25 per cent of the global population are on email right now – Ovi Mail is designed for the other 75 per cent. Ovi Mail users need never touch a PC yet can be completely connected to the online world through their mobile device.
Ovi Mail is available in over 180 countries now and accessible in 20 languages. Of the one million accounts created so far about two thirds were created and set up on mobile devices. Some of the most popular devices for accessing Ovi Mail include the Nokia 2330 Classic, the 2630 and 5310 XpressMusic. Right now though Ovi Mail is supported by over 100 different Nokia models, include S60 devices such as the Nokia N97. What’s more, Ovi Mail is free to use.
I’ve always felt Ovi Mail to be one of the most exciting services launched by Nokia recently, simply because of the way it can make a huge difference to people’s lives. Getting the rest of the world online is a huge undertaking, but with such rapid adoption, it’s looking likely to be a huge success.
To access Ovi Mail, simply go to the email setup wizard on your Nokia Series 40 device or Nokia S60 device such as the Nokia N97 and follow the instructions. Ovi Mail is also available on the web at https://mail.ovi.com/.
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Tags | 2330 classic, 5310 XpressMusic, N97, Nokia 2630, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, nokia n97, Ovi Mail, s60, Series 40
August 11th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I want to share some thoughs here, as the Nokia community celebrates 1 million email users there are a couple of key things that I encourage nokia to shy away from. That is advertising to ovi.mail users. I say this as the trend with every email service out there, (i.e. gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc) all of the companies, rely heavily on advertising to raise revenue and maintain happiness it their board rooms.
This is where I can see Nokia rising above the rest and actually keeping their revenue focus on devices and in part on the store.ovi. I think Nokia has the innovation to actually accomplish this and not create an email service that will become part of it’s revenue stream. After all the center of Nokia is its devices, that’s the real innovation. The offer additional services such as mail, maps, stores, etc, should only be the add-ons. I think Nokia can receive more dedicated customers by offering them free services that Nokia devices integrate.
The way I see Nokia rising above the rest here, is a cross between google and apple. Both provide email, one that you must pay for the other you must see ads. Nokia understands the other 75% of non-email users are likely in regions where internet access is limited to small devices and not taken for granted. So I challenge nokia to keep it’s innovation by not succumbing to market trends within email and other online services, just stay away from blasting users with ads.
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August 11th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Ovi Mail is a breathe of fresh air! The spam mail in yahoo, hotmail, gmail, and all of the other free mail sites is too much to take. Having switched to Ovi Mail I find it refreshing to know that when i get a notification on my device of new email, it is actually email that I will probably want to read.
Thank you Nokia!
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August 12th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Nokia can try to combine gmail + facebook + twitter all in one … is that possible with an app on the mobile ??
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August 16th, 2009 at 4:17 am
can you evolve the Nokia 6300i(Brown) make it Nseries like, the appearance is nice but the tech is poor, can you put another camera lense in front of it and make it 5megapixel w/flash? for sure if this thing will happen it will be sold out..
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August 21st, 2009 at 11:26 am
@Steve I couldn’t disagree more. Massive webmail services cost a fortune to run, and that’s why a company like Google had no choice to resort to advertising (which frankly I don’t find intrusive). What’s more, I’d be more confident in, and willing to use OVI Mail, if I knew how Nokia eventually planned to monetize it – because at some point, they WILL have to do that.
The “million users” aren’t unique of course, but the same people scrambling to claim and three and four letter email addresses. But what for, when according to the Terms and Conditions Nokia “reserve the right to begin charging for OVI Mail in the future”? Who wants to transition all of their email from another POP or webmail account to OVI mail and print new stationary, if there’s a risk of Nokia suddenly announcing an unreasonable monthly fee in the future?
You also have to bear in mind that the vast majority of mobile phone users aren’t loyal to particular brands, so why would they even consider using OVI Mail as their main email account if there’s a risk of losing it if they switch to a phone by another manufacturer. The terms & conditions for MyNokia state that you are only allowed to use it with a Nokia handset, but getting Nokia to admit that the same condition applies to OVI is like getting blood out of a stone.
So again: What’s the point? I’ve had a fab three mail OVI address for months, but I will never, ever use it, until Nokia explain exactly how they are going to finance the service.
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September 11th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Am new user of Nokia 6303 clasic.but i dnt know how and where can i login in ovi mail .and i need POP3 SERVER INCOMING AND OUTGOING SETTINGS FOR MY NOKIA 6303 CLASIC.plz help me.
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