The Finnish company Nokia Corp.
represents the world’s largest mobile phone-maker, but despite this fact
Apple’s devices and services have obviously represented a major challenge for
the Finnish company. But this has got to
an end, as Nokia has unveiled yesterday several brand new services and devices
that are to help its customers to download music, play games and have access to
similar entertainment sources on their mobile phones.
The Finnish company’s new
products represent a striking move against its old American rival Apple and
this one’s iTunes application, iPod and iPhone devices. On the other hand
Nokia’s recent releases means also that the high-end markets are more and more
requiring multitask devices that incorporate audio, video, photo and more
capabilities, as well as quick access to the Internet.
So, Nokia has announced the
opening of its new web services through the new web site OVI, which means
“door” in Finnish, that will be an online music store providing the users with
millions of songs and albums from major labels. People will be able to buy the
downloadable tracks and to play them on their devices. The new services will
even enable the music to be transferred from PCs to compatible handsets.
Furthermore the users will also be offered the opportunity to play and download
N-Gage games on their mobile phones, as Nokia has also revived its N-Gage
service.
Nokia has also announced new
top-range mobile phone models, including 5-megapixel cameras with Carl Ziess
lens and memory of up to 8 GB, which will cost between $300 and $750.
Through all these moves Nokia is
to regain its dominance on the market and to become a real rival for Apple’s
smart devices and services.
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