BOSTON, USA – A scan of the web keeps not only revealing new apps coming to Ovi Store (Shazam is one of the more recent biggies), but that whole new markets are showing up. Inside I have three sets of apps recently added to the Ovi Store that suggest that a nice range of choices is starting to evolve and emerge out of the pool.
I’ll then wrap up this post with a new Nokia tips and tricks site and a bonus – gripes.
GLOBAL – It’s that time of the week again folks, where we roll out the questions and you wade in with the answers. The responses to our previous “what is the most important feature” polls have been truly astounding. Not only have we had thousands of votes, but a lot of brilliant feedback too. Please, keep the responses coming (and remember we’re still running our comment of the week compo). This week though is all about music phones. Nokia makes plenty of them, but what are the features that are most important in a music phone? Good speakers would seem to be important, but only to those who don’t listen on a headset. An amp then, might be more important, or the headphones themselves or connectivity such as Bluetooth. Only you can tell what’s most important to you, so please, let us know in the poll below. If your priority isn’t listed, feel free to add into “other”.
GLOBAL – Nokia users who like to keep their work in their pocket will be chuffed to hear that Quickoffice Premier 6 has been released for S60 3rd edition and S60 5th edition devices. The update includes support for viewing the full suite of Microsoft Office 2007 documents and the editing of most.
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GLOBAL – This week sees the roll out of an S60 5th edition of the mobile YouTube app. I’ve used this app on my E71 previously and it’s a great way of dipping into the curious world of YouTube video (BTW, have you seen our recent efforts?). Rolling it out on the 5800 XpressMusic and N97 is a boon for owners of those devices. I’ve just installed the app on my N97 and it works a treat, is brilliantly quick (over WiFi) and swiping through videos works great.
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GLOBAL – Uncharacteristically, we have another “administrative” announcement. The last one was pretty recent and mentioned things like Blogbite, @nokconv on Twitter, and blogs.nokia.com. This time around we want to introduce something a bit larger.
One thing that we’ve been wishing for is a central place that has all the information on a particular product or service. No, we don’t mean some static page with fancy graphics and long lists of technical specs. What we wanted was a page that had some info on the product, some photos, some dynamic ever-changing info about the product, and something fun. A jumping-off place for all you would want to know about a particular product.
What we came up with is The Almanac. And we think it’ll be a hit. Read on for more details.
LONDON, England – Nokia and Orange today announced the Nokia 5800 will be available with Comes with Music exclusively to Orange UK customers. With price plans starting from £25 per month, Orange will be the only UK network to offer the Nokia 5800 and Comes with Music package, starting from May 29. What’s more, the 5800 will be exclusively available in black and silver.
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HELSINKI, Finland – Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo laid out the vision for Nokia going forward at the Nokia Annual General Meeting 2009. It’s clear that this is going to be a year unlike any other, and promises to be extremely exciting for mobile users as well as Nokia as a whole.
Read on for highlights of OPK’s vision for Nokia on the road ahead, including news of collaborations with competitors, taking smartphone talents into new product categories, Nokia’s aim to offer you irresistible solutions, news that the Nokia 5800 could become Nokia’s biggest device ever, and more.
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ESPOO, Finland – Rumors are a normal part of life. Someone hears something or thinks they heard something and, next thing you know, it’s repeated everywhere as fact.
For the most part, here at Nokia, we follow those rumors, but let most of them be. Of the ones that have any staying power, or that have the potential to snowball into something more serious, we look at these more closely and weigh action. In the end, there are a few we feel can be clarified and put to rest with a simple statement.
Below, I have listed four rumors we have read or heard in the past few weeks that could use a sentence of two to shoo them away. Read on the learn more.
ESPOO, Finland – Wow. Today is our first anniversary (we went public on 21 April 2008*) and it’s amazing what we’ve accomplished in one year. When we set off on this adventure, we sort of had our own ideas on how it would be received, what challenges we would face, and where we would be at this stage. But, we really came to this with open minds and few expectations, keeping us ready to grow and respond to conditions as needed.
As with many milestones, we’d like to pause and take stock of some of our highlights (and “lowlights”) and even think a bit about the coming year. Please read on and see if you remember the year the same way we do.
GLOBAL – We have the benefit of sitting right in the middle of Nokia’s communications department. And, no joke, it’s a really communicative department, such that we get a good heads up on a lot of announcements, or what are the hot topics of the moment, or if there are any tidbits that you folks would find interesting.
Today is no different. Through the departmental grapevine, I heard some news about the sales of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in the first quarter of this year. And, as you all know, we keep pushing the 5800, since we were predicting it would be big.
And we were right. Not to tease you anymore, this is what I found out.
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