Category Archives: Ovi
Nokia disappoints with Reminder app
Rating: Memo to self: Get a new Nokia handset in 2011
Well, this all started off very well. Nokia sent us a message via Facebook saying, “Do you start off the year with the best intentions, but find yourself conveniently forgetting those New Year ’s resolutions? Use this app [Resolution Reminder] to make your promises count this year. Regular reminders can be a great way to make sure you don’t forget about your resolutions.” This must be the dynamic new Nokia which we’ve all been waiting for, then? Not. How mad is this? At GoMo News we have at least four Nokia handsets. This app isn’t compatible with any of them. Not a single one. Continue reading
Morrisons iPhone app – look but can’t buy
Rating: How UK supermarkets are going mobile
Morrisons, the UK supermarket chain announced earlier this week [December 2010] the intention to ramp up its web and mobile app presence by announcing the development of a new mobile friendly web site and an app for the iPhone Continue reading
Virgin Media endorses Nokia N8 big time
Rating: Gets its Virgin Media Player app pre-installed
Just four days after its commercial release in the UK, Nokia‘s first ever Symbian ^3 handset – the N8 – is going to come with a Virgin Media Player app pre-loaded. The app is intended to highlight the content capabilities of Virgin Media’s three-play offering. It’s nice to see a leading company investing time and effort in a Symbian app for example. Continue reading
iPhone apps most popular with UK retailers
Rating: Straw poll of mobile marketing use by mBlox
According to research done by mBlox with a small number (109) retailers in the UK, Apple apps are the most popular bespoke mobile apps. The company reckons that 42 per cent of UK retailers have employed an Apple/iOS app to reach consumers, followed by 17 per cent using an Android app and 10 per cent a BlackBerry app. Nokia/Ovi came a poor fourth with just 3.7 per cent just above Windows Mobile with 2.8 per cent. That doesn’t mean that SMS/text is dead as key mobile technology for retailers, claims mBlox founder, Andrew Bud. Continue reading
Mobile meets Xbox with Fable III: Kingmaker
Rating: Buffoons need not apply
How about this for a collision of technologies? To exploit the growing popularity of geo-location based social gaming experience Microsoft and Lionhead Studios have created a novel mobile app for fans of the Fable game. Mobile meets dedicated games console. Could this mean that hordes of Xbox games freaks start tearing around Europe planting virtual flags in order to gain a higher game status? Maybe. Continue reading
Exclusive X Factor app is still missing from Ovi
Rating: We actually bothered to check
A very modest announcement on Nokia‘s Facebook page confirms that it has indeed secured an exclusive app for the X Factor 2010 TV show. This app will only be available from the Ovi store, so that means no Android or iPhone version which is something of a coup. Attempts to discover exactly what Nokia handsets can run it failed because it isn’t there yet despite a promised release date of today. Continue reading
Nokia promotes nextgen touchscreen shell on Ovi
Rating: Carphone Warehouse pushes Android in newspaper ad
It’s interesting to see that Nokia has decided to promote the benefits of the SPB Mobile Shell to its Ovi users offering them a ‘next generation user interface’ without changing their handset. Providing they have a touchscreen Nokia, of course, Meanwhile the Carphone Warehouse has been promoting the joys of Android apps to readers of the Sun in an newspaper ad. Continue reading
TripAdvisor’s location aware app for Ovi arrives
Rating: Now we’ve got Ovi & Palm as well as iPhone & Android
It’s refreshing to see a service – TripAdvisor – offer a comprehensive range of mobile apps – not just apps for the Android and iPhone fanboys. Having recently trumpeted their co-operation with Nokia’s Ovi Maps (see here), the Ovi app is now available for free. Of course, the number of compatible Nokia handsets is restricted. Continue reading
