The device will offered Ovi service which includes Ovi Maps with voice-guide navigation and Ovi Store. Inside the Ovi Store, you can download free apps like Doodle Jump, Shazam Encore, ESPN, Real Football Mini Edition, and much more. The handset comes in variates of colors such as Graphite Black, Lime Green, Petrol Blue, and Aluminum Grey.

Here’s the full specs for the Nokia C5-03:

• a 3.2 inch widescreen, resistive touch, 640×360 pixels Memory
• a 5-Megapixels camera with 4x digital zoom
• Up to 40 MB internal usermemory, support for upto 16 GB microSD memory card
• WCDMA 900/1900/2100GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• WLAN
• HSDPA cat 9 upto 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA cat 5 upto 2 Mbps
• Bluetooth 2,0 +EDR
• A-GPS
• Micro-USB connector and charging
• 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
• Symbian^1 (SymbianOS, S60 5thedition)

According to General Manager of Nokia UK, Sami Lehtinen, “The new Nokia C5-03 is a great looking smartphone that offers excellent features and the benefits of Nokia’s Ovi services, at an affordable price.”

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The new feature, which was implemented today thanks to an update to Maps. It’s a location-aware booking feature, which gives users the ability to search for hotels around them, and if the hotel allows it, to book a room right then and there. Thanks to Expedia, Nokia can bring this hotel-room-booking feature to Ovi Maps in the United States and United Kingdom. (The feature is already supported in Germany and Finland.)

Unfortunately, you’ll have to have one of the following devices to be running Ovi Maps v3.04, so pay close attention: Nokia E72, Nokia E55, Nokia E52, Nokia N97 mini Gold Edition, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N97, Nokia N86 8MP, Nokia X6 32GB, Nokia X6 16GB, Nokia C5, Nokia 6730 classic, Nokia 6720 classic, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, Nokia 5235 Comes With Music and Nokia 5230. We wouldn’t want you to head out without this feature, just because your device doesn’t support it.

[via Ovi Blog]

Rogers is positioning the device as a phone that helps you get things done, while having fun doing it. It comes with the obvious goodies: you get full access to the OVI Store, which will get you ringtones, wallpapers, games, and applications for your device. It will also come with OVI Maps pre-loaded (and a car dock as an included accessory, apparently), so you can use your new phone as a stand-alone GPS unit when you need it.

As for pricing, you’ll be looking at $99.99 with a new, three-year contract. This, according to Rogers, is just a promotional plan, though, and you will need to sign up for a $45 monthly voice and data plan to get it. For a two-year contract? You’ll need to drop $399.99. While a one year will see you spending $449.99, and without a contract you’ll drop $499.99. Anyone out there thinking about picking up the N97 Mini?

[via MobileSyrup]

The collaboration deal will see a large collection of Nokia’s services fused, and in some cases replaced with, Yahoo! services. For example, Yahoo! Maps is going to be “powered by” OVI, and Nokia’s devices will be the sole proprietary handsets providing Yahoo! Maps around the world.

And then you’ve got OVI services like Mail and Chat are now going to be “powered by” Yahoo!. You’ll be able to log into all of the services from one location, using OVI ID, which should hopefully make it easier for everyone wanting to use the services. (And no, you don’t get a choice.) The first markets to get the services will be getting them in the second half of this year, and it will rolled out gradually over the course of 2011.

Press Release:

Global strategic alliance enables industry leaders to leverage strengths in e-mail, instant messaging, maps and navigation across PC and mobile devices

New York, NY, USA – Today, Yahoo! and Nokia announced a worldwide strategic alliance to extend the reach of their industry leading online services and offer people rich experiences that keep them connected to their world and the world around them.
Building on more than five years of collaboration, Nokia and Yahoo! ® will leverage each others’ strengths in e-mail, instant messaging and maps and navigation services, to provide consumers with access to world-class experiences on both PC and mobile devices.
As part of the alliance:

- Nokia will be the exclusive, global provider of Yahoo!’s maps and navigation services, integrating Ovi Maps across Yahoo! properties, branded as “powered by Ovi.”

- Yahoo! will become the exclusive, global provider of Nokia’s Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat services branded as “Ovi Mail / Ovi Chat powered by Yahoo!”

- Nokia and Yahoo! plan to work on ID federation between their services, beginning by making it easy for people to use their Ovi user IDs across select Yahoo! properties to easily access the online content and services they need.

“Delivering great user experiences — both online and on your mobile – is what this alliance is all about,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO, Nokia. “We’re enabling millions of Yahoo! customers in key markets including North America to discover the unique capabilities that Ovi Maps brings.

Similarly, Yahoo!’s online expertise will bring exciting mail and messaging enhancements to millions of Ovi Mail customers across almost every country around the world, many of whom will have their first Internet experience on their mobile.”
“What a combination,” said Carol Bartz, CEO, Yahoo!. “We’re excited to expand the reach of our best-in-class Mail and Messenger services, bringing personalized experiences to more people across the mobile web, particularly in emerging markets where we are seeding the next generation of Yahoo! users. At the same time, we believe Nokia’s strength and continued investment in maps and navigation will greatly enhance our existing products, enabling us to focus on areas that are core to our business.”

Together, Yahoo! and Nokia will continue to deliver compelling Internet experiences that address the core needs of consumers, developers, operators and advertisers. The companies will utilize their respective global distribution advantages and brand recognition across consumer audiences.

Select, co-branded service offerings are expected to become available from the second half of 2010, with global availability expected in 2011.

Nokia is the world’s largest mobile device manufacturer, with hundreds of millions of devices sold each year and a leader in digital mapping, with continuing investment and innovation focused on developing comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, now covering 77 countries in 46 languages. With more than 600 million users of Yahoo!-branded sites per month, Yahoo! is a global Internet powerhouse, a one-stop web destination enabling consumers to enjoy their online life anywhere and everywhere – all customized for their interests. As one of the leading Internet brands, Yahoo! is focused on growing its audience by providing seamless web experiences across PC and mobile devices.

Note to editors: Media materials, including a webcast replay, can be found at pressroom.yahoo.com and www.nokia.com/press.

According to Nokia UK & Ireland’s Head of Communication, Anna Shipley, Nokia’s Music Store is now known as Ovi Music. The upgrade to Ovi Music will take place over the first half of 2010, essentially upgrading countries that are currently using Nokia Music Store as their digital storefront. There isn’t any specific timing for any particular countries, but Nokia has confirmed that the change will be automatic, so users shouldn’t have to do anything to make it happen.

This isn’t that big of a surprise, as the Ovi moniker has become a staple to the company. Rebranding other products, like Maps, took place earlier in the year (it also ushered in the usage of free Ovi Maps for life). So, it looks like Nokia will continue to use Comes With Music for their device launches, but the change is coming solely in the name change of the music store itself. Hopefully this doesn’t upset your entire weekend.

[via Pocket-Lint]

“Tim Kring is a Hollywood visionary and masterful storyteller who truly understands that the reach of the Ovi Store is a powerful way for millions of people around the world to experience the new forms of entertainment he is seeking to create,” said Tero Ojanperä, executive vice president, Nokia Services. “The Ovi Store will rely on great content partners, a compelling, relevant consumer experience and access to millions of Nokia devices to become an important new entertainment distribution platform.”

Ojanperä and Kring will take the stage at Web 2.0 in San Francisco on April 1 to talk with web and mobile application developers about what Ovi Store means for content providers as a distribution opportunity. In addition, Niklas Savander, executive vice president, Nokia Services, will address the entertainment industy at MIPTV in Cannes, France on April 1 to deliver additional details about the working relationship. Simultaneously, George Linardos, vice president, Nokia Services will attend CTIA in Las Vegas to speak with the wireless industry about Kring and the Ovi Store.

Ovi Share is the online service that allows users to share photos and videos, from their PC, Mac or straight from their camera phone with one easy step. Users can share content with anyone – no sign-up or membership is required for recipients to view the photos or videos that have been shared with them.

Qikkers can share their Qik content directly from their handsets – the first such Share on Ovi integration to offer such easy cross-posting of live mobile videos. Videos can be uploaded automatically from their device without users having to manually send them via the phone or website. In addition, Qik users can send their videos to Ovi Share with just one click from the Share widget on Qik’s website. For more information on the Ovi Share integration, visit http://qik.com/ovi

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 Maps, with GPS functionality and featuring Location Based Services, enables users to expertly navigate, whether searching for an unfamiliar address in their home city or exploring a vacation destination. Consumers can see the world with on-screen maps for more than 160 countries and millions of points of interest.

With Nokia N-Gage, consumers can easily find, try and buy the best in mobile games with a range of innovative, made-for-mobile titles from Nokia, such as Reset Generation and Dirk Dagger and The Fallen Idol, as well as popular brands from leading 3rd party publishers. Consumers are able to take their mobile gaming experience to new heights as they connect with other users through the N-Gage Arena community.

Rogers Wireless provides wireless voice and data communications services across Canada to more than 7.5 million customers.

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.