Posts Tagged ‘Nokia’

Nokia and Microsoft Confirm Collaboration – UPDATED

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

If today's rumours are true, the guys behind QuickOffice might be making a lot less money in the future as Nokia and Microsoft are rumoured install Microsoft Office on it's handsets.

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N97 Gets N-Gage

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

The Nokia N97 is without doubt one of the most popular devices in the company's portfolio. Though it was unsure if it would be connected to N-Gage at launch, a dedicated client was released last week.

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Nokia’s Vancouver Studio Closes

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Develop Magazine found out that Nokia is closing it's Vancouver games studio. With the closing, 100 employees risk looking for a new job this summer and there is no telling what this means for the much discussed N-Gage.

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Ovi Poll Results

June 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »

Following the Ovi launch, Nokia has polled consumers about their use of the new platform. As it turned out, half of them actually used it to download games, apps and more.

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N-Gage Launched on Ovi

June 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Nokia's N-Gage has launched it's portfolio on Nokia's Ovi portal. As of now, consumers will be offered trial versions of all the N-Gage games, which can be unlocked through in-game payments.

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Zeemote Extends Zeekey Availability

June 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

Zeemote has announced that their latest version of the Zeekey software will now be supporting new devices from Nokia, Samsung and LG.

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N-Gage Starts Free Demo Promotions

June 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Nokia's N-Gage has started yet another promotion to make mobile gamers aware of their portfolio. This latest promotion offers gamers a free game code in return for opt-in text messages.

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Ovi Store Signs 27 Operators

June 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Nokia's Ovi launch didn't go unnoticed by the press as well as by consumers. With visits from 152 countries, the fact that Nokia signed up for operator billing with 27 operators is welcome news.

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No Java Verified obligations for Ovi

June 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | 5 Comments »

Following massive complaints, Nokia has decided that Java Verified is no longer obligated for mobile games published on Nokia’s Ovi store (which launched last week).

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Nokia Ovi Launched

May 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 5 Comments »

Nokia opened the doors to their Ovi Store. 50 Million consumers worldwide will now be able to pick up mobile games and applications directly from the service.