Nokia drops OVI Store brand

Nokia today announced in its blog that it is discontinuing the use of OVI as a brand to sell music, apps and games. According to the announcement, "Today, Nokia made a decision to change our service branding from Ovi to Nokia. The main reason for this change is so we can leverage the high-value of the Nokia master brand to better support future plans to deliver disruptive and compelling mobile experiences globally." Nokia states that nothing should change in the way users experience their services.

Ovi Suite 3 from Nokia released now with Ovi music

Nokia Beta Labs has showcased the latest iteration of its computer-to-phone software,Ovi Suite 3.0. The updated version of the program brings a rejuvenated user interface, focused on multimedia management and playback. Ovi Music, previously a separated player from the Ovi Suite, is now bundled in the suite itself, hopefully reducing not only performance issues, but also providing a better user experience.

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Review: Nokia 5230 on Mobilicity

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Nokia 5230 on Mobilicity is a surprisingly robust and lightweight handset which is heavy on the features. As we test the new entrant's voice and data service, we also had a good opportunity to dissect Nokia's device and its features. More photos and information after the break.

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Google Navigation now working on Canadian Android phones

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google has finally allowed their navigation function to work in Canada and 10 more countries. This makes your Android device (OS version 1.6 and higher only) a lot cooler and way more useful. After downloading some language packs, we briefly tested the Google Navigation on our Android 2.1 powered Motorola Milestone and it worked just as well and in some cases even better than our  standalone GPS.

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Skype for Nokia smartphones now in Canadian Ovi Store

 
More than 200 million smartphone users worldwide now have Skype at their fingertips.
Skype and Nokia  announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform. Hit the jump to see details and video.

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Navigating the Big Smoke with Nokia Ovi Maps

Nokia's recent "Map it Out Challenge" saw members of the media armed with Nokia E71 smartphones running on Telus new HSPA+ network. Gadjo Sevilla was on hand to check it out.

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