Articles Archive for 13 May 2008
Applications, Nokia, Ovi »
Nokia Beta Labs has been really turning it on these past few. The Nokia Music PC application that was demoed way back last year has finally made out in an early beta form. The idea behind the application was ease of use and convenience. The application makes possible to rip CDs directly to a connected device (just drag and drop the CD icon to your device – job done!) and move playlists you have created while out and about back to your PC collection. Nokia Music is also one of …
GPS, Ovi »
Although this was kind of expected at some stage, Crave brings news that Nokia at Where 2.0, announced Maps on Ovi, a Web component designed to to complement its mobile mapping software, Nokia Maps 2.0.
As part of the Ovi brand of Internet services, which includes the Nokia Music Store and N-Gage gaming platform, Maps on Ovi will allow users to plan their trips on their desktop or laptop and then synchronize (automatically or manually) it with their smartphones. Conversely, if you’re already out on the road, you can record routes …
Applications, Miscellaneous »
Its time for congratulations and consolations! Its past midnight GMT and the entries are in. A huge thank you, to all of you for taking part. In total we had 43 entries and its time to announce the winners! Each comment was assigned a number and the winners were chosen by generating 5 random numbers from Random.Org. The first two people win a Platinum licence and its Gold for the other three. Congratulations!
Read on for the results!
Miscellaneous, Ovi »
We have just had official word from the Share on Ovi Blog that things have been worked out and Geo-tagging is a complete go. SoO (Share on Ovi) will now will recognize if GPS information has been embedded in the photo and if so, will display a map of where the photo was taken. Previously we were left to try and input location information ourselves, I’m glad that almost useless ordeal, is over. I am beginning to like this service more and more and if they can keep on improving, …

