Send pictures, email–all from your phone

By Pam Pastor
Philippine Daily Inquirer

TO OVI or not to ovi? That’s not a question. Because if you’re a Nokia user, you should definitely Ovi.

With Ovi, Nokia has built you a door to the Internet. Ovi (www.ovi.com), which means door in Finnish, provides a single place of interaction where users can download applications and content for your mobile device, upload photos and videos, send and receive mail, back up your contacts and calendar online, access maps all over the world and keep documents, photos and other files ready for accessing from anywhere.

“Ovi is a person’s door to his Internet experiences. Ovi makes it easy for Nokia phone users to send and receive e-mail, upload photos and share them easily with anyone in their phonebook and download free apps and content to personalize their Nokia phone.
In the near future, it will be even easier for them to update the world on where they are and what they are doing from their Nokia phone through Ovi,” says Nokia’s software and services manager Rhomel Marcojos.

Fun, significant

In other words, Ovi allows you to maximize the use of your Nokia phone and enriches your Internet experience at the same time.

And the best part, you can choose how you use Ovi. Marcohon shares, “Ovi can be different things to different people. For some, they go to Ovi to download apps and content for their mobile device. For those who want a new e-mail address, Ovi is about sending and receiving e-mail on a phone or PC. For those who like to be connected with their loved ones, Ovi is the place to share fun and significant moments.”

Ovi Mail is Ovi’s most popular feature, and Marcohon isn’t surprised.

“It’s easy to set up and has a simple web interface, too. What’s interesting about it is that Nokia phone users can create their new Ovi Mail account with their preferred username and password right on their Nokia phone without having to use a PC at all. No other e-mail service provides that kind of ease of e-mail creation on a phone.”

Marcohon enjoys uploading photos to Ovi using his Nokia N97.

“When I went on vacation with my family to Camiguin last summer, I stayed in a resort with WiFi. It was quite fun to share our family moments, taken from my N97, with friends at the end of a fun-filled day. I even chose from my phonebook with whom I shared the photos. They got instant notification through SMS!” he said.

Beginners need not worry, because Ovi is easy to use. Marcohon says, “If you’re a Nokia phone user, try out the Ovi Store. Just go to store.ovi.com on your Nokia phone browser and start downloading app and content to personalize your Nokia phone.”

Inquirer Lifestyle and Nokia, with Look Magazine, hold “The Look of Style,” September7, Ayala Museum.