The Nokia Music Store went up for less than an hour, it is down now, then again it shouldn’t have even been launched for another 9 hours. All that aside, James Burland at Nokia Creative got access to the store and he made a demonstration video: James why do you act as if Microsoft’s DRM…
5 things the Nokia Music Store has to do to get my money
The Nokia Music Store is set to launch in a little under 24 hours and many journalists are going to cover it, bloggers are going to compare it to iTunes and after a week no one will remember it even exists. Chances are that if you read this blog you are a pirate. Don’t be…
Brief: It’s official: Nokia Music Store UK Launch on Thursday 7 AM GMT
Tech Digest has the scoop on a tidbit of information that the Nokia Music Store is launching on the first of November in the UK. The time, 7 AM GMT would mean 9 AM in Finland and 3 AM in New York. I would be more hyped about it if I could have a subscription…
Videos: Bjorn Wigforss demos Nokia’s Music Store and N-Gage
Having briefly bumped into Björn at the smartphone show in London it was nice to see that Unwired View was there to record his demo of the new N-Gage platform and Nokia Music Store. Going to have to wait until November 2nd for the proper launch to try it out, personally I can’t wait to…
Nokia’s Ovi: More pieces of the puzzle to be revealed at the Web 2.0 Summit
It all started with this article at Information Week that said Nokia would be attending the Web 2.0 Summit. Low and behold I went to the Web 2.0 Summit homepage and there it is, Nokia’s logo in the top right hand corner being labeled as a platinum sponsor. They poured more money into the Web…
Ovi: Making devices that let you create content is not enough
Telco 2.0 has a great article on what Ovi is to Nokia and how it compares to the American automotive industry in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The conclusion is one I’ve shared before on this site, that today people are communicating in ways other than the traditional phone call and text message. The devices that…
The N81 receives no operator love in the UK, more countries to follow?
The N81 is the flagship device from Nokia that has a built in music and game store, something that upset quite a few operators (Orange and now T-Mobile) in the UK who already provide their customers with such solutions. They see this as a threat so they’re refusing to sell the deivce (subsidized of course)…
Nokia to publish 29 minute movie about music to advertise their new store
Using Firefox? Then no music recommenders website for you! Reuters is saying that instead of Nokia dropping some serious cash on a world wide marketing blitz, they are going to post a 29 minute video, as well as bite sized portions of it, on video sharing sites such as youtube in the hope that people…
Nokia Maps navigation software gets an update – more features, more coverage
Following on Nokia’s launch of the Ovi web service, the Finnish handset manufacturer has announced that one of Ovi’s services is now updated with a few new features. Nokia’s updated their popular Maps application for compatible Nokia handsets. There’s a data counter to let you know exactly how much data you’re sucking down, a GPS…
Video: Nokia’s 4th screen, the end of something and the begining of everything
Just a little video Nokia showed at the Go Play event. It explains why cellphones multimedia computers kick ass, I found it moving: