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Ovi Lifecasting: Here’s how it works

Budi Putra — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:52:11 +0000

Nokia introduced Ovi Lifecasting, enabling you to update your Facebook status directly from your Nokia phone (this time only from N97 and the new N97 mini). To enjoy this feature, you need the latest beta version of Ovi Maps and the Ovi Lifecasting widget.

Nokia Beta Labs explained:

Right from the home screen of your Nokia N97, you can lifecast the street address you are at, and your friends can see your location on a map. You can also share a meaningful location from the nearby places of interest or your favourite place that you have saved on Ovi MapsBeta. To show your friends what a great spot you are exploring, you can take a photo, and attach it to your Facebook post.

This is an exclusive preview of a new Ovi service for the first early birds. Download the Ovi lifecasting widget NOW to make sure you are one of the first exclusive beta users!

Download Ovi Lifecasting widget here

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300 million Nokia’s Ovi users are coming!

Budi Putra — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:57:42 +0000

Sounds a very very optimistic: Nokia targets its Services & Software business –which are planned to reside under the Ovi umbrella brand– to have 300 million unique services users by 2012.

Ovi is the gateway to Nokia’s Internet services, including the Nokia Music Store, Nokia Maps, and N-Gage games. It also be an open door to web communities, enabling people to access their content, communities and contacts from a compatible Nokia device or from a PC.

[via RenegadeFanboy]

Nokia to Demonstrate New Ovi Functionality Today

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:29:54 +0000

In an online event later today Nokia will demonstrate the new personal information management (PIM) sync functionality of Ovi.com, as well as the recently launched Nokia Ovi Suite for PC and the Files on Ovi remote-access service. These different elements of Ovi help you manage your personal information and media in various ways through a simple and unified interface.

The latest version of Ovi.com, which is now available as a public beta, offers free functionality for syncing your calendar, contacts, notes and tasks between a Nokia mobile device and www.ovi.com. With this functionality Ovi.com users can now create an online backup of their important information that they can access and edit anytime when connected to the internet.

With the Nokia Ovi Suite for PC application you can easily copy files and information from your Nokia mobile device to your computer; back up the contents of your Nokia device; and drag-and-drop photos and videos to Share on Ovi, the media sharing service Nokia launched earlier this year.

Files on Ovi allows you to remotely access the files on your internet-connected personal computers from any browser-enabled mobile phone or computer. You can also store files online in your Anytime Files personal storage area so that they are always accessible to you. The service is based on the software and expertise Nokia obtained through the acquisition of Avvenu in December 2007.

To participate in the online event go to: http://events.nokia.com

The event will open at 15:00 CET on Tuesday, September 9. There will be a live question and answer session with Ovi product managers from approximately 15:10 to 16:00. A similar question and answer session will be held from 07:10 CET on Wednesday, September 10.