I just got a notice today, which mentioned that Ovi Files will be discontinued come 1st October, 2010. The mail mentions that the Ovi Files connector has to be uninstalled, but goes on to say that your files are all safe. My question is, what happened? The service was mostly free, so I don’t see why it’s being shut down. Anyways, here’s the mail: “Dear Ovi Files user, Nokia... 

Nokia has been rated the most trusted brand in India for the third year in a row now. It’s not the media or a “mysterious” organization which rated them on top, but consumers (translated as, people like you and me) themselves during a survey. This doesn’t mean that Nokia can stop improving, they still have to go a long  improving Customer support here in India. Even though... 

Nokia has gone a step further into the social cloud by offering support through Twitter. They started up a twitter account this week @NokiaHelps, and have asked you to get in touch with them with your Nokia problems. If you’re in the US, follow the US Nokia Care team over at @NokiaCareUS. If you’re not the type to scroll through pages and pages of forums and need some quick help, get on... 

Nokia today announced the new 5250 phone, through a post at Nokia Conversions. The 5250 is yet another budget phone from the Nokia stables featuring a touch screen, runs on Symbian^1 and is targeted at the music crowd with a bundled subscription to  Ovi Music unlimited and a built in FM receiver. There’s not much storage on the phone, but it’s expandable using a MicroSD card. Nokia claims... 

Intel & Nokia announced today that they would be establishing a Joint Research Center,along with the University of Oulu.  One of the initiative’s first objectives will be to work on developing a 3D experience, leveraging mobile computing power, to be used by Meego. Here’s the press release: “ University Research Center Will Lead to New User Interfaces and Experiences NEWS HIGHLIGHTSIntel... 

In their press release today, Nokia announced that they are going to acquire Motally, a company which provides mobile analytic service. Motally’s not a big company, but has just a 8 member team. It’s their technology which can be embedded in mobile applications for tracking demography and usage, which Nokia plans to use. Nokia plans to use Motally’s  technology to enhance developer... 

Nokia has just announced the launch of their latest device, the X3. This device features a touch screen as well as a regular 12 button phone keypad, giving users best of both worlds. This is also aimed at the budget market with an indicative cost of €125 (around Rs. 7500) excluding taxes. The X3 runs an updated Symbian Series 40 OS and features both 3G and WiFi connectivity. Other key features of... 

The Nokia C6 The big news from Nokia is of course the launch of the much awaited N8. But Nokia has the C6 up its sleeve, scheduled for launch sometime during September this year. We expect the price in India to be around 12000-13000 INR, pretty close to Nokia’s own E52, so that’ll be quite an interesting face-off. The last phone which had a touch screen  and  a slide out keyboard was... 

The Ovi Store team is giving away a Nokia device every week this month. The winner gets to choose the device from a list of Nokia devices – 5228,5233, X2, X3 and the X6. All you need to do to enter the contest is to register for an Ovi account, if you don’t already have one, and answer the Weekly Question. Head over to the Ovi Promotions site at promotions.ovi.com to get more details... 

Nokia’s been pretty much one of the best known brands here in India. But do you know how long they’ve been here? They’re celebrating their 15th year here in India. That’s 15 long years of transforming the landscape of mobile telecommunications in India. From devices, to telecommunication equipement, to services and more. Here’s a video that our friend Clinton Jeff dug...