Nokia launched Ovi
Finally, in CES Nokia announced its service regarding online service application. Christened as Ovi, which is Finnish of “door”, is new suite of applications, allowing user to experience some excellent functionality on the mobile web. A few of the applications include things like Nokia Maps or access to the N-Gage gaming market, but the emphasis on Ovi lies within Nokia’s Ovi music store.
The songs themselves will be available to download in the MP3 format at a bitrate of 192kbps and will be available to download to a given users account for up to five different devices. Nokia currently has a library of over three million songs, with an agreement with the Universal Music record label.
The Ovi service is currently only available in the UK and Europe, but expect it to hit the American shores in late 2008.
Source: IGN
Print Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 16th, 2008
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