Nokia believes in taking technology to the masses and to take email to the 75% of the world’s population that still doesn’t use email they’ve announced the free Mail on Ovi service. The Mail on Ovi team is currently beta testing a new mobile email service in India, Malaysia and the Philippines on a wide range of Series 40 devices and will be making Mail on Ovi available globally in 12 languages by the end of this year. Don’t worry about the lack of S60 support just yet, it should be coming along soon.
As will be web access to Mail on Ovi. So not only do you stay connected to your friends on-the-go, you also get easy-to-use access from your computer. The beta trial of the webmail interface is scheduled to start in February of 2009. Your @ovi.com email address is here. Details below.
Remember we told you about Nokia’s upcoming Home Control Center? A solution aimed at connecting your home services and equipment so they can be controlled by a PC or smartphone, both locally and remotely, making your Nokia the remote control for your house. That no longer is mere text, check it out via a video from Nokia World where it was demonstrated.
[digg-me]Boom Blox, the Steven SpielbergN-Gage game, is now released and available to download and purchase on N-Gage.
Go head-to-head with Spielberg’s BOOM BLOX! Slide on ice blocks, blast blocks with bombs, and bounce off springs to solve brain-twisting puzzles and level the playing field. Enjoy non-stop fun as you advance through forty levels and reach your target score. Master the in-game puzzles then design your own custom creations with the level editor. Blast ‘em with BOOM BLOX!
To download the game, navigate to the Showroom Tab in the N-Gage application in your Nokia device, select “Option” and then “Update now“. After doing that, you should see it listed in the showroom.
[digg-me]Previously we told you that the Nokia N97 will support N-gage. Now here’s the VP of Nokia games telling us more about what to expect from N-gage on the N97.
Wow the N97 is definitely the next big N-gage phone.
Over on Nokia Conversations, they have posted a video interview with Jaakko Kaidesoja, VP of Nokia N-Gage games on the future of N-Gage.
With the N97 changing things for Ngage through the introduction of new kinds of games and technologies, next year promises to be pretty exciting. But that isn’t all for Ngage. Jaakko Kaidesoja, VP of games gave us a little insight into what we might see from Ngage in the future. Context is king in that location is going to play a much bigger part in gaming in the future. Music too will have tighter integration and Jaakko’s team are already in the process of developing new music based initiatives.
Here’s the video :
Seems like the future of N-Gage is something to look forward to.
