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By Yash Maheshwari on September 05th, 2009

This Week in Ovi – Nokia World Edition

Starting this week, we are renaming our “Oviapplications weekend hits..” posts to “This Week in Ovi”. Ever week, in the “This Week in Ovi” posts, we shall bring you a short summary and a link to read more about whatever made the news in Ovi & Nokia that week.

This week was undoubtedly dominated by the much awaited Nokia World 2009, which saw new phones getting announced, Nokia first foray into the computer segment & new services being revealed. Also of interest and importance was the launch of the Ovi SDK & APIs letting the developers make use of Ovi services and quickly develop useful applications for a variety of phones as well as the web.

Read the full story for the news & details. Have a great weekend!

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By Yash Maheshwari on September 03rd, 2009

Ovi Opens up to the Developers with the launch of Ovi SDK beta & Ovi APIs

The second day of Nokia World, which was being pitted as the day for the developers, saw Nokia releasing a beta of the Ovi SDK for the Developers as well as Ovi APIs. As of now, only two APIs have been released, but more are slated to be released later.

According to the press release “Nokia makes it easier for web publishers and developers to create applications with integrated services with Ovi APIs and Ovi SDK Beta introducing a new breed of applications for the web and smartphone platforms”

Read on for more details about the SDK and how to apply for it.

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By Yash Maheshwari on September 02nd, 2009

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.

To watch the Introduction video, screenshots & details on how to get Ovi Lifecasting, Read on for the details.

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