Ovi

Ovi Done

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 16, 2011 at 9:07 am PT

Looks like Nokia has finally accepted that Ovi, the name it gave to its mobile services experience back in 2007, has failed as a brand. The company is doing what it should have done years ago and is retiring it.

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What App Makers Say About Nokia's Store

Christopher Lawton, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 8, 2010 at 9:45 am PT

This week Nokia took to a mobile conference San Francisco to woo U.S. application developers to its Ovi mobile application store. The company has taken some knocks lately for missing out on a smartphone revolution that has catapulted Apple’s iPhone to godlike status in the Western world.

Nokia "Mini-Laptop": Like a Netbook, but With a Completely Different Name

John Paczkowski in News on August 24, 2009 at 9:28 am PT

The world’s largest mobile phone maker has finally entered the PC market. Not a week after confirming its interest in the netbook market, Nokia leapt into it, uncrating the Booklet 3G–a 2.8-pound “mini-laptop.”

Nokia “Mini-Laptop”: Like a Netbook, but With a Completely Different Name

John Paczkowski in News on August 24, 2009 at 9:28 am PT

The world’s largest mobile phone maker has finally entered the PC market. Not a week after confirming its interest in the netbook market, Nokia leapt into it, uncrating the Booklet 3G–a 2.8-pound “mini-laptop.”

D7 Interview: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and the Nokia N97

John Paczkowski in D7 on May 27, 2009 at 3:10 pm PT

With a roughly 36 percent market share, Nokia is the world’s largest mobile phone maker. A hard won and enviable position, but a tough one to maintain, especially in a souring economy. More so now with innovative new rivals like Apple emerging in the sector the company has long dominated. But that’s the situation that CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo faces today.

This is Nokia's Answer to the App Store?

John Paczkowski in News on May 26, 2009 at 7:11 am PT

The Ovi Store, Nokia’s much anticipated response to the wildly popular Apple App Store, debuted this morning–ignominiously by most accounts. Early criticisms point out the store’s paltry selection of apps, slow performance and sign-in errors, disappearing apps and a less-than-intuitive UI. Not the sort of grand opening you hope for when your smartphone market share has been tumbling, largely thanks to the growth of the iPhone and BlackBerry and their respective app stores.

This is Nokia’s Answer to the App Store?

John Paczkowski in News on May 26, 2009 at 7:11 am PT

The Ovi Store, Nokia’s much anticipated response to the wildly popular Apple App Store, debuted this morning–ignominiously by most accounts. Early criticisms point out the store’s paltry selection of apps, slow performance and sign-in errors, disappearing apps and a less-than-intuitive UI. Not the sort of grand opening you hope for when your smartphone market share has been tumbling, largely thanks to the growth of the iPhone and BlackBerry and their respective app stores.

NOK, NOK. Who's There? Not You Any More…

John Paczkowski in News on April 28, 2009 at 7:09 am PT

Nokia, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, will soon be just a tad smaller. This morning the company said it will sack a further 450 employees in its mobile services business, a division charged with developing and delivering the Ovi-branded Internet services tied to Nokia devices. Seems the still souring economy has undermined Nokia’s ambitions in that area, and Apple’s success with the iPhone App Store has inspired it to look to third-party developers to bring new applications to its devices.