Today Nokia announced Maps with free navigation for everyone which is a very big deal. Previously the only way to get turn by turn navigation was to buy a Navigator device. Nokia had offered free trials of the navigation service on most newer mid to higher end devices but to put it all out [...]
Nokia offers Free Navigation to everyone
January 21st, 2010 · View Comments · Nokia, apple, gadgets and technology, iPhone, marketing, mobile
Tags: Android·google·maps·navigation·Nokia·Ovi·Services
Nokia suggests waiting just one more year
January 4th, 2010 · View Comments · Nokia, marketing, mobile
I missed this piece while writing my last post. It doesn’t say anything too specific about the higher end market (like nothing) but does indicate we’ll keep on waiting to see what Nokia has in store … I’m looking forward to seeing how the service integration evolves is revealed.
(Nokia’s executive vice-president and head [...]
Tags: emerging markets·marketing·Nokia·Ovi·Services·strategy
A day late and a dollar short?
October 29th, 2009 · View Comments · Android, Nokia, gadgets and technology, marketing, mobile
With all the noise yesterday about Android 2.0 and Google’s new free navigation service, this release just feels a bit … Meh.
Navigation market leader, Telmap, has used its unique navigation technology and NAVTEQ’s superior global map data, to bring a comprehensive mobile search, mapping and navigation solution for the iPhone, thus enabling mass adoption of [...]
Tags: google·navigation·navteq·Nokia·Ovi·Services·telemap
The mobile phone is the social camera
April 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Nokia, gadgets and technology, mobile
I started to leave a blog comment on Antonio’s post and decided to do it here instead …
When I read the rumor that Apple has ordered a 5MP CMOS sensor for an unspecified product, it screamed to me of another coming disruption, this time around the point-and-shoot slice of the digital camera market. Because while [...]
Tags: apple·Camera·Nokia·Ovi·social
Nokia and Skype – With an Open Phone it Won’t Matter
February 27th, 2009 · View Comments · Nokia, VOIP, politics, software
It was only a matter of time for carriers to make stink about the inclusion of Skype on the N97. I had first read about the issue via Simon Judge and was surprised it had even take this long to be a public complaint.
Carriers will always hate things that compete with their bread and butter [...]
Tags: bullshit·Nokia·Ovi·Skype·VOIP
Web Video War is Facebook’s to Lose
February 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · gadgets and technology, software
There’s no shortage of options when it comes to uploading video, but lately a few sites have upped their game and have changed how I’ve been considering even where to upload.
It has been a while since I captured HD video, but I recently received the Flip MinoHD as a gift and have been shooting a [...]
Tags: 720p·blip.tv·facebook·flash·Flip MinoHD·HD·Ovi·quicktime·sharing·streaming·viddler·video·Vimeo·Youtube
Nokia Chat becomes Contacts on Ovi
January 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Nokia, software
Nokia Beta Labs has updated / rebranded the Nokia Chat client into Contacts on Ovi and released versions for all devices except the S60 5th Edition platform which is really only the 5800 for today. Nokia Chat and now Contacts on Ovi really is a great way to do IM on the go. Aside from [...]
Tags: contacts on ovi·lbs·location·Nokia·nokia chat·Ovi·presence
Ovi Suite – Syncing Smoothly in Windows 7
January 13th, 2009 · View Comments · Nokia, software
One issue I’ve had running Windows 7 was Nokia’s PC Suite refuses to install due to some privilege issues. I’ve tried a few tricks and it seems it’s just going to fail. The good news is that Ovi Suite installs just fine (except for Nokia Music which I will have to try separately in compatibility [...]
Tags: DUN·E71·Joikuspot·N79·netbook·Nokia·Ovi·Ovi Suite·Samsung NC10·sync·Walking Hotspot