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Back in October, Nokia said it will acquire OZ Communications, a Montreal, Canada-based company which provides software that delivers access to popular instant messaging and email services on mobile devices. Today, the Finnish giant announced it’s a done deal and that OZ’s staff of approximately 220 people are now Nokia employees.
By acquiring OZ, Nokia will address the fast growing consumer messaging market by providing an affordable mass market email and instant message platform for Nokia Series 40 devices, complementing the existing portfolio of mobile messaging solutions for Nokia S60 devices.
I’m not sure when nor whether we’ll ever know which piece(s) of OZ’s technology is used on Nokia’s devices, but Nokia’s latest batch of low-end phone announcements seem to have something to do with it. Or I’m wrong?
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
