Nokia Launches Ovi Lifecasting Beta to Help You Share Your Memories Instantly on Facebook
During the Nokia World keynote speech today, Nokia announced and immediately made available the first beta of their new Ovi Lifecasting widget for the Nokia N97. This is an exclusive preview of a new Ovi service for the first early birds. Download the Ovi lifecasting widget NOW to make sure you are one of the first exclusive beta users!According to the Ovi Lifecasting page on Nokia Betalabs, here is an overview of what Ovi Lifecasting does.
With Ovi, you can now keep your Facebook friends up to date where you are and what you are doing in a new way.
Right from the home screen of your Nokia N97, you can lifecast the street address you are at, and your friends can see your location on a map. You can also share a meaningful location from the nearby places of interest or your favourite place that you have saved on Ovi MapsBeta. To show your friends what a great spot you are exploring, you can take a photo, and attach it to your Facebook post.
Screenshots
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The Ovi Lifecasting widget on the N97’s homescreen.
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Location selection options shows that you can broadcast your current location via the GPS or a location from your favorites or any of the places nearby.
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The Lifecaster for adding comments along with a status update.
To understand what Ovi Lifecasting actually is all about, watch this Lifecasting with Ovi video from the Nokia Conversation blog :
As this is an early release preview, The download instructions & installation is a little tricky. According to the Betalabs, Here is how you should get started with Ovi Lifecasting on your Nokia N97.
1. Install the latest Ovi MapsBeta on your Nokia N97.
2. Open Ovi MapsBeta.
3. Check that you have the map data for the country you are going to lifecast from. You can download the map data with Map Loader or over-the-air (data charges may apply).
4. Download the Ovi lifecasting widget, and add it to the home screen of your Nokia N97. Download (SIS, 1.68Mb). Sign in with your Nokia account and connect with your Facebook Profile.
5. During the setup of the Ovi lifecasting widget, please ensure you select “automatically log in” – otherwise you will not be able to publish (Known issue)
6. Go to the start screen, select Options > Edit Content > Options > Add Content> Ovi Livecaster, then select Done).
7. Start lifecasting. Enter your Facebook status, attach a photo to your post, or select how you want to share your whereabouts. Your Nokia N97 detects your current location through GPS/A-GPS or network positioning.
8. Open your Facebook profile to check what you are lifecasting. To display the latest location you have lifecasted from, select the corresponding link in the status update view. You can also check if your friends have commented on your posts, and keep the conversation going.
For the complete information on how to set up Ovi Lifecasting & the known issues, visit the Download page for Ovi Lifecasting on Nokia Betalabs here : http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view/ovi-lifecasting#betadownload
