MeraNokia – Nokia Life Tools in disguise

INDIA – A little over a month ago we brought you word on Nokia Life Tools, a service that really struck a chord with us here on Conversations. It’s a smart tech-light solution tailored to benefit farmers and students in rural and remote communities in India and emerging markets – an information portal that uses simple SMS technology to equip locals with timely and valuable information on market prices for crops, English language learning resources, general knowledge content and more.

The Nokia Life Tools service was slated to begin as pilot scheme during the first half of 2009, debuting on the Nokia 2323 classic and the Nokia 2330 classic, but this week Nokia India has released a new sliver of mobile software called MeraNokia for the Nokia 2600 classic and the Nokia 1680 classic that offers what appears to be exactly that service.

We’re currently on the trail to connect the dots within Nokia and keen to find out more, but in the meantime read on to find out more on MeraNokia.

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