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Nokia to announce Ovi Maps and Messaging integration tomorrow, no new devices

Categories: Nokia, Rumors,
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, April 12th, 2010 at 3:08 AM

Nokia put up a count down timer to an event set to kick off in a little under 22 hours, and while fanbois may be foaming at the mouth, expecting to finally hear some information about the N8 that’s been leaked to high heaven, Eldar from Mobile-Review has it under good authority that what we’re really going to see is nothing more than Ovi Maps integrated into Nokia Messaging. What that means exactly, and how tight the integration will be, remains to be seen, but like everything else Nokia makes, it’ll probably only work on Nokia devices so good luck sending your location via Ovi to an iPhone or BlackBerry user.

Now don’t pout your lips just yet, Eldar did say that Nokia is going to announce some devices this month, as in more than one. There’s roughly 18 days left in the month so that should keep you on the edge of your seat long enough that your butt goes numb.

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • hary

    History tells me that this has to be something more interesting and imp. than it sounds to be. As far as i remember, Nokia doesn’t put countdown timers just for announcing some new feature, unless the feature/service is quite a game changer or at least very useful and competitive feature/service.

    Last time, they put a timer was Ovi Maps going free. Let’s see what it is this time..