Nokia today unveiled the Nokia C5, a smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing. The compact device includes access to Nokia’s range of mobile services, such as free navigation, in one affordable package, with an estimated retail price of EUR 135, before taxes and subsidies.

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Nokia Music will soon become Ovi Music. This means all the tracks you download will be DRM-free, MP3 files that you can now play on a PC, Mac or any personal music player! Plus, as part of the change to Ovi, Nokia’s enhanced the search capability to make it easier than ever to find the music you want.

Here’s the email from Nokia:

What you need to do:

Absolutely nothing. We will create a Nokia Account for you and send you an email when we become Ovi music. Until then, try to avoid changing any of your Nokia Music account details such as password, email address and mobile number.

As part of the move to Ovi Music we will be creating a Nokia Account for you. If you do not wish to use Ovi Music and no longer wish to have a Nokia Account you can email us in next 5 days. By using these services, you accept the Ovi Music Terms, Ovi Service Terms and the Privacy Policy. You may not use the services if you don’t accept the terms.

Nokia has rolled out the PR 1.1.1 update for the Nokia N900 via the Nokia Software Updater, over the air and has also made it available as an image from the N900 firmware repository. This is a minor update that fixes a few bugs and improves speed and transitions. The real reason for this update however seems to be to prepare the N900 for the larger PR 1.2 update that we can expect any day now.

The update is a 16.2 MB download over the air, it will be larger if you haven’t already updated to the PR 1.1 firmware. As always, it is highly recommended that you perform these updates. The N900 has user data preservation when you update over the air, however if you are going to use the NSU, make sure you backup the device first as the applications you have installed are sometimes lost during the update. Flashing the N900 manually will result in complete data loss.

Yes, even we are wondering as to why did they decide on ‘MeeGo‘ as the name of the new OS, but apart from the name it seems to have everything going for it. Two giants in the industry collaborating, its open source nature, targetting not just mobile devices but netbooks, in car equipment, media phones and so on.

• Global leaders Intel Corporation and Nokia merge Moblin and Maemo to create MeeGo, a Linux-based software platform that will support multiple hardware architectures across the broadest range of device segments, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.

• MeeGo offers the Qt application development environment, and builds on the capabilities of the Moblin core operating system and reference user experiences. Using Qt, developers can write once to create applications for a variety of devices and platforms, and market them through Nokia’s Ovi Store and Intel AppUpSM Center.

• MeeGo will be hosted by the Linux Foundation and governed using the best practices of the open source development model.

• The first release of MeeGo is expected in the second quarter of 2010 with devices launching later in the year.

• Nokia and Intel expect MeeGo to be adopted widely by global device manufacturers, network operators, semiconductor companies, software vendors and developers.

• Maemo 6 is already a 100% MeeGo compatible, but Nokia isn’t sure if they want to call it MeeGo something or Maemo 6.

• The Maemo.org and Moblin community will be migrated to MeeGo.com.

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Are you on Facebook or Orkut?

If your answer is yes, then here’s some good news for you. You can now say what’s in your heart to your friends in a unique way. Just head over to Nokia.co.in/touchthemusic and add Dil Ki Baat app on your Facebook/Orkut profile. It let’s you search from a variety of popular songs across genres and send them to your friends.

Imagine streaming your favorite songs on your Facebook/Orkut profile! Sounds like fun? Reach out with the Nokia Dil ki baat app on Facebook and Orkut, right away.

Dil ki baat ek touch se sunao

Don’t forget, if you want to take the Music Offline, you can find all these songs on the Nokia Music Store India, and play them on your compatible handsets or from your computer.

In a feat that even Nokia admittedly itself could not imagine, Ovi Maps with free navigation has been downloaded over 1.4 million times since the announcement on January 21st last month. What is even more impressive is the fact that the number of downloads breached 1 million in the first week itself.

If you are a fan of statistics, here is one more – downloads are averaging one download per second, 24 hours a day. China, Italy, UK, Germany and Spain were the countries with the highest number of downloads and the post popular devices were the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N97, Nokia 5230 and the Nokia E72

Free navigation with Ovi Maps means that walk/drive navigation, guides and local event information is free with the following devices:

Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5800 Navigation
Edition, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E72, Nokia 5230, Nokia 6710
Navigator, Nokia 6730 classic and Nokia X6.

Starting next month all new Nokia GPS enabled smartphones will come pre-loaded with local country map data, with high-end walk and drive navigation and access to Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides at no extra cost.

Have you updated to the free Ovi Maps application on your compatible device? Hit nokia.com/maps if you already haven’t?

Tip: You can also use the SW Update application on your device to get the free app.

With Ovi Maps Racing, the first location-based mobile game by Nokia, players can navigate and access their location, create a track and race around the block.

Utilizing actual map data by NAVTEQ and the GPS technology of the mobile device, Ovi Maps Racing allows players to create a racing track out of their own physical location, whether at home or in the office *). Racing is experienced with easy and enjoyable touch controls and there are three racing cars to choose from.

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Nokia’s current S60 5th Edition flagship, the N97 Mini has also received a firmware update mirroring the one that the N97 received yesterday. The new v11.0.045 firmware is available via the Nokia Software Updater in the form of a 160 MB download, an over the air option will probably come out shortly.

The Mini features UDP i.e. user data preservation so you can update the device without loosing any data or settings. If the NSU doesn’t show an update for your device, it means that the update is not available for your product code and that you will have to wait for just a little longer.

Key Changes:

• An extra 5-6 MB of free RAM
• Improved call reliability
• Smooth touch screen scrolling
• Browser improvements
• Music player improvements
• Improved image and video stability