Nokia mail and chat services which were previously know as Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat are now called Nokia Mail and Nokia Chat powered by Yahoo. “Ovi” logo and site title of  Mail / Chat has been replaced with ”Nokia” brand, however the domain for these services remains the same. So, there is no change over the mail URL or on your mail id.

What do you get with Nokia Mail and Chat?

• Stay connected with your friends and family from the web and your phone
• Chat and email from the same screen on the web
• Unlimited storage for your messages, documents and photos
• Protection for your Inbox from unwanted spam messages

Get started today by registering for a free Nokia account -> http://mail.ovi.com

Jaipur, India : Mobile handset company Nokia today introduced its free music service Nokia Music Unlimited, which comes free on its latest range of feature phones, here.

“We are offering the service on our latest affordable feature phones Nokia Asha 200, Nokia Asha 300 and Nokia X2-02, which will offers consumers an opportunity to discover, enjoy and share the latest, high quality legal digital music in a fast, easy and safe way for free,” Nokia India Regional General Manager-North Ravi Kunwar said.

“Our music service offers the best of local and global music to users, with access to over four million legal, digital tracks”, he said.

The Nokia Asha series and Nokia X2-02 are the latest devices designed to give a superior entertainment experience to users at affordable price points.

Talking about expansion plans in Rajasthan, Kunwar said the company was planning to tap rural areas while considering factors like network coverage by service providers.

[Via IBNLive]

Nokia Asha 300 Touch and Type: 

The beautifully designed Nokia Asha 300 is a touch device which also offers the convenience of a keypad,  has a powerful 1GHz processor and 3G to deliver a faster Internet and social networking experience. Features a 2.4-inch display, a 5.0MP fixed focus camera, Bluetooth and upto 32 GB MicroSD card support. Users have fast access to messaging, email and instant messaging from the home screen and can swipe to access apps, music or games from the Nokia Store. The Nokia Asha 300 also arrives preloaded with the popular Angry Birds Lite game.

Nokia Asha 300 – Official Photos, Full Specs, Features and Promo Video!

Nokia Asha 200 Dual SIM QWERY:

The Nokia Asha 200 is Nokia’s latest dual SIM phone with Easy Swap functionality, allowing consumers to easily change their second SIM without switching the device off. Features  a 2.4-inch display with a QWERTY keypad, a 3.5 mm audio jack, a 2 MP camera and offers connectivity features such as EDGE/GPRS and FM recording. Also has integrated social networking, email and IM, adding RenRen, Orkut and Flickr support. Nokia Asha 200 support 32 GB memory cards and providing a battery for an amazing 52-hour playback time.

Nokia Asha 200 – Official Photos, Full Specs, Features and Promo Video!

Asha 300 and the Asha 200 will hit Indian retail stores by mid-December and are priced at Rs 7,409 and Rs 4,759 respectively, where the Nokia X2-02 will cost Rs 4,163.

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The Nokia Ovi Player re-brands to Nokia Music Player and updated to v 2.5.11021 – If you  already have the app,  you will be prompted for the update, Otherwise you can download it from below link.

Download Nokia Music Player : - http://music.ovi.com/in/en/pc

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[Via Nokiatividade]

Good Bye Bits from Ovi Blog by Pino :

“Don’t cry for me Argentina… Ehm, ok, I got a bit carried away but I’m probably allowed to be a bit emotional  Especially because this is definitively my most difficult post. And, OMG they’re more than 150!

You should all know by now that Nokia made a decision to change our service branding from Ovi to Nokia. The main reason for this change is so we can leverage the high-value of the Nokia master brand to better support future plans to deliver disruptive and compelling mobile experiences globally.”

Read more over here :- http://blog.ovi.com/good-bye

Welcome notes from Nokia Maps Blog by Surya:

“Hi there! We are very glad to see you here at Nokia Maps Blog – our little blog about planning, mapping and sharing adventures and all the wonderful stories around them. In the coming days, we will focus on the simple pleasures of life – good food, great friends and lively music– and how our location based services, mobile maps and maps.nokia.com with 3D maps, street maps, and travel directions will help you do what you love to do most.”

Read more over here :- http://blogs.nokia.com/maps

Nokia Maps Blog : - http://blogs.nokia.com/maps/

From now Nokia Maps becomes the landing page for Nokia Services where you can either explore Maps, or access Nokia App Store, Mail, Music or Contacts services.

“ Nokia Maps, one of the first Ovi services to switch to Nokia brand, now has a refreshed look and feel, faster loading, more detailed place pages and a host of new features like public transport routing, live traffic flow and more that are now available for our users.

Today, we are redirecting the ovi.com web page to Nokia Maps, as a part of the rebranding exercise. Why to Nokia Maps? Because as you may know, Nokia’s Location strategy plays a major part in our future plans and is a key part of our collaboration with Microsoft. Once you land on the page, you can either explore Maps, or can navigate to access your Store, Mail, Music or Contacts as usual.”

Read more at Ovi Blog: –  http://blog.ovi.com/ovi-redirects-to-nokia-maps/

Currently store’s logo and title has been replaced/updated with “Nokia“, but the URL is still showing-up “Ovi” word “ http://music.ovi.com“. So the process of re-branding is still in progress at the music store and will be reflect soon over  store’s website and mobile client.

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[via  Zomgitscj]

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There are total 13 exclusive full songs in MP3 (@256 kbps) of total two episodes of MTV Coke Studio. To download you need a Nokia account (Don’t have – get one here – https://account.nokia.com/register). Now Just login to music.ovi.com on web browser or open Ovi Music on you Nokia device and sign-in (You will find Ovi Music at Music folder on your device),  now you can freely download any Coke Studio song as per your choice, Enjoy………!

Coke Studio @ MTV India Ep 1

Coke Studio @ MTV India Ep 2

Update:- At the time of publishing this post the songs are available for free, Now Ovi Music store is asking for Voucher number. We really don’t know what’s wrong with the Ovi Music Store. Please update us if you are able to download the songs for free, in your comments!