Earlier this year we learned that Warner decided to revoke their collection from Nokia’s Music Store due to the fact that users of MOSH, Nokia’s weird attempt at centralized mobile P2P, were exchanging copywritten [sic] content. Now Amazon publishes a press release today (Gizmodo) that states Warner is going to be selling their music without…
N-Gage launching next week, at least for some people
N-Gage, Nokia’s software platform for delivering video games to Nseries users, is poised to launch next week, but only for owners of the N81. Ricky Cadden shot me a very angry instant message with the news. This is quite devastating and a marketing stunt that most certainly pisses more people off than makes happy. Personally…
Nokia: Hey, we want Apple-style revenue sharing kickbacks too!
Apple sparked something of an industry-upheaval with their iPhone business model. Never before had a manufacturer demanded revenue kickbacks from carriers in exchange for handset exclusivity. And, with every single iPhone carrier doling out the big bucks back to Cupertino based on all iPhone revenue, the planet’s largest mobile phone manufacturer wants to follow suit. …
Telecom Italia jumps into Nokia’s OVI offering
Nokia has scored another partner to support its OVI offering – Telecom Italia. Under the agreement, Nokia will customize its handsets — most notably Nokia N81, N95 8GB and we guess N82 in the near future — to provide easy access to TIM services. In addition, the Finish giant also said that the collaboration will…
Brief: Interview with Mads Winblad, Nokia Multimedia
M as I like the Multimedia group inside Nokia, are the coolest bunch of cats inside the entire company. They really get the internet and it shows in how they market their Nseries products versus other groups such as MP (Mobile Phones) and ES (Enterprise Solutions). This interview is a few days old, and I…
Nokia is trying hard, really hard, to become an internet company
When CEO Olli Pekka Kallasvuo decided to call Nokia an internet company people around the world thought he was stark mad. With 1 in 3 mobile phones consistently being purchased quarter after quarter by consumers around the world, healthy margins even on low end devices and over 4 billion Euros in the bank, why would…
Nokia sells music and games, Sony Ericsson will do the same in 6 months
Nokia’s Music Store, currently in the UK only, and the N-Gage gaming service, currently delayed until December, are all efforts under a new branding scheme called Ovi. Sony Ericsson wants in on this action too and they have announced plans to launch a service called PlayNow Arena. No details for pricing, but some interesting tidbits…
Official: N-Gage launch delayed by one month, December 2007 due date
Straight from Kari Tuutti: “N-gage is coming in December. Software testing is taking a bit more time than what we had expected, we are talking about a couple of weeks.” That is why the Go Play page was down last night. Shame, we were all waiting for the N82. Maybe the new release date will…
Nokia’s MOSH scares Warner Music, refuses to cooperate with the Nokia Music Store
Nokia has a service called MOSH that is essentially a P2P service in your pocket. People can upload applications, pictures, videos and even music to share with everyone. This scares the pants off Warner Music because piracy is what prevents these guys from sleeping at night. They are not going to cooperate with Nokia’s Music…
Nokia Music Store Review Roudup (Verdict: Good, but not great)
Today the Nokia Music Store launched. People in the UK, who use Windows and Internet Explorer will be able to use it. This angered Carlo Longino who thought that Nokia said they are now an Internet Company. Last time I checked companies like Google didn’t stop working because of the weird operating system or browser…