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It’s Fan Tweet time, y’all!

Published
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niini
on November 6, 2009
in Ovi by Nokia
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We here at Ovi love our fans. And they love our Historical Ovi Tweets! A couple of weeks back we started hearing rumors that there are “fan tweets” going around the interwebs, and whaddyaknow: the rumors were true!

We also found out that we are apparently quite famous in the Philippine blogosphere, as an organization called the Pinoy Expat Blog Awards (PEBA) has not only made an Ovi by Nokia promo video (we’ll post that as well here soon!), but launched an entire Historical Ovi Tweets competition! We here at Historical Ovi Tweets HQ (i.e. my couch) have watched new Ovi fan tweets pop up almost daily for the past couple of weeks, and we figured it’s only right we post some of them here, as they just look so cool!

So, let’s get started!

The first one is from artemis070829 who sent this one directly to us. It features the noted chessmaster Emanuel Lasker (and his nemesis Wilhelm Steinitz), and we just thought it was hilarious :) Thanks, artemis070829, your tweet will be made into a T-shirt and shipped to you shortly!!

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The next one is actually made by yours truly, but it was featured at HistoricalTweets.com a while back, and a commentor by the name of Anusha made such a great suggestion for an alternative text that we just had to feature it here:

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Love it! Then we have the PEBA bloggers as well. Since it was sort of a competition, we chose the winner (which, by the way, was so hard since the tweets were all so friggin’ good!) and it is….

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The superb Cyrano de Bergerac tweet from NEBZ of Isla de Nebz! Congrats, NEBZ! Your tweet will also be made into a T-shirt and sent to you! NEBZ also wanted us to credit the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for the pic.

Another fantastic fan tweet comes from Reymos of “My World is Getting Smaller Every Day”, who came in second and will also get his tweet made into a T-shirt (congrats, Reymos!):

davidOther cool fan art comes from AZEL of Panunumbalik ng Ulirat:

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The Pope of Palipasan:

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…and DETH of Minddeth:

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We would just like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who made and submitted their tweets!! Have YOU already sent us your own Historical Ovi Tweet? ;)

A couple of more days left on InnOviate competition!

Published
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niini
on November 4, 2009
in Ovi by Nokia
. 3 Comments

InnOviate

Have you already submitted your potentially prize-winning entry to the InnOviate competition? If not, then get on it STAT! If you don’t yet know what this InnOviate thing is all about, here’s a quick lowdown:

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So basically we want you to grab a friend to hold the camera (or whatever needs holding), make a video, photo, recording, blog post etc. on you using (or misusing!) an app, ringtone, wallpaper or anything you can find in Store in an innovative way and submit your entry here.

You have until Friday November 6th 2009, so be quick! The prizes for the winning entry are pretty good too… you get to choose two items from the following products: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia N900 and Nokia BH-905!

Get creative!

This just in! Mozart + Beethoven + Ovi = magic!

Published
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niini
on November 3, 2009
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This week’s Tweet post features not one, but two historical characters! In our first tweet of the week, musical wünderkind Mozart discusses ring tones and Ovi with his long-time homeboy, Joseph Haydn:

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And in the second one, Beethoven in his usual shy manner admits he loves Lady Gaga (and Ovi):

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Redownload for Store: Easier to Restore Lost Content to Your Nokia Device

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michael bramlage
on October 28, 2009
in Ovi by Nokia
. 12 Comments

I’m pleased to share the news that we’ve made redownloading of premium content available for Store users. Redownloading is as simple as it sounds – it lets Ovi Store users, who previously purchased and downloaded content to their device, to redownload, recover, and restore the content in the event that something happens to it. Think of it as content insurance.

Every day, millions of users from more than 180 countries, using a wide range of Nokia devices have discovered, purchased, and downloaded cool new apps and games, like Shazam, Gravity, and Pac-Man (my personal favorite) from the Store. They use these apps and games to enhance their lives—to discover new music, to stay in touch with their friends and followers, or to simply entertain themselves and pass the time by playing a classic arcade game. However, as with any digital content, there is the risk of loss or breakage. Was the file downloaded properly? Did you lose your network connection while downloading? Was the content accidentally deleted? Did a software update render the content incompatible? Did you reset your device? All of these events can occur, and can make it challenging for you to enjoy the wide range of apps, games, ringtones, podcasts, and video clips from Ovi Store.

With this latest Store release, we’ve added a simple way for you to restore content that you purchased and downloaded through Store to your device. We take very seriously the fulfillment of content that is acquired through the Store, and while we can’t prevent certain events that may cause damage or the loss of content, we can make it easier for you to re-acquire it. Please watch this short tutorial below to learn more about how to redownload previously purchased content.

As the tutorial explains, if you use the Store through our mobile client application, you’ll be required to upgrade to the newest version on S60 devices—look for version 1.5(387) or higher—and on Series 40 devices—look for version 1.6.1 or higher—to take advantage of redownloading. The latest version of Ovi store for S60 devices is rolling out now while the Series 40 version will begin rolling out at the end of this week. If you receive a prompt to update your client, please accept it!

If you shop the Store through our mobile web site at store.ovi.com on your Nokia mobile browser, the feature is enabled today.

And regardless of how you shop the Store, we will honor purchases made before this new version, so if you purchased the BlockGO game in August and it didn’t download properly, give it another shot by visiting the My Stuff section of the store.

We hope content redownloading will improve the way you use and enjoy content acquired through the Store by providing a simple, easy, and no-hassle way to make you and your content whole again.

- Michael

PS: We also updated our search experience, making it easier to access what you’re looking for across our entire content catalog. We highly value your feedback, so let us know what you think.

What do I and Sun Tzu have in common? Why, Ovi Files of course!

Published
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niini
on October 22, 2009
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Confession time: Files is my favorite Ovi service. It really is. I know you’re supposed to love all your kids equally, but I’m only human! A lesser known fact about me is that I’m actually still in school (HSE all the way, woot!) and Files pretty much got me through the recent writing of my master’s thesis. So I thank you for that, Files.

Anyway, back to the post. Sun Tzu (below) is of course known for writing the very famous book “The Art of War”, which tackled the issues of military strategy and management of conflicts. He was also a heroic general for the ancient Chinese king Helü of Wu who reportedly won many battles with Sun Tzu’s help. But enough about that guy: the real reason I wanted to make a post about Sun Tzu was, of course, so that I could post this:

Click! (SFW, albeit a bit disturbing)

Now, my life is complete.

Oh right, here’s this week’s Tweet!

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Mona Lisa on Ovi (and on sitting for Da Vinci for a very long time)

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niini
on October 19, 2009
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This week our Ovi fan girls Virginia Woolf, Marie Antoinette and Sacagawea will be accompanied by another famous historical female who needs no introductions: Lisa del Giocondo, also known as Mona Lisa.

Fun fact about Lisa: the painting made by Leonardo de Vinci of her has been used in more than 300 other paintings and 2000+ advertisements so far! (source) Yikes! The commercials have mostly focused on the aspect of ‘restoring’ or ‘ageing well’, so Mona Lisa has unfortunately had to promote everything from wrinkle creams to shampoo to pizza (ew?). Well, we’re still adding our own variant to the list, but hey, at least we’re acknowledging Lisa as a real person (a person who really likes Ovi, that is)! ;) So, behold the 2457th ad using Mona Lisa!

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As usual, please let us know what you think in the comment section or via e-mail to niini@ovi.com

Ovi Store – scheduled maintenance this week

Published
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EricJohn
on October 12, 2009
in Ovi by Nokia
. 22 Comments

Hello Store Users,
This week we are working on a number of updates for the Store that will require us to take the service offline for a few hours. Just like a store in the physical world, the digital Store on your handset and desktop, at times needs to be closed so that we can do some renovations. We will be posting more details on these enhancements shortly here on the Ovi Blog.

In the meantime, please be advised, that the Store will be offline at the following times:
- Tuesday October 13th at 7 AM EST the service will be unavailable for approximately 2 – 3 hours
- Friday, October 16th starting at 6 AM, the service will be unavailable for approximately 7 hours

Note for publishers: The Publish service at http://publish.ovi.com will be unavailable from Monday, October 12th starting at 7 AM EST until the afternoon of Friday, October 16th.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. We’ll resume Store and Publish services as soon as possible!

Sincerely, the Store Team

Whoever said women can’t navigate? Sacagawea sets things straight (with Ovi)

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niini
on October 8, 2009
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This week’s Historical Ovi Tweet features one of my all-time favourite historical characters, Sacagawea.

Sacagawea was the Native American (Shoshone) woman who – at least according to mythology – accompanied and, at times, guided the Lewis & Clark Expedition when they travelled from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806. The trip was around 8000 kilometres long (i.e. damn long!). Sacagawea was valuable to the Expedition not only because of her knowledge of Shoshone trails, but also for her translation skills, which proved crucial when Lewis & Clark needed to, for example, trade with the Shoshone for horses.

Sacagawea – who, by the way, made the entire Expedition with her son, Jean-Baptiste, on her back – was considered a valuable member of the party and was even given a full vote in deciding where to spend the winter of 1805-06. It’s no wonder, then, that she has had a river, a lake and a mountain named after her plus an American dollar coin that has her face on it! (Source)

So, with this in mind (and the fact that we really wanted to feature Maps this week), we decided to give this extraordinary woman an honorary Historical Ovi Tweet! Enjoy!

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Edit: Just heard that our friends @ HistoricalTweets.com picked up Sacagawea’s tweet on their blog, check it out!!

Marie Antoinette on Twitter, discussing cake (duh!) and Ovi

Published
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niini
on October 1, 2009
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Our ongoing series of historical characters discussing (and loving!) Ovi by Nokia on Twitter continues with the fabulous Marie Antoinette.

Marie Antoinette is, of course, known for being the ultimate 18th-century party princess (and from the looks of it, carrying around her own weight in hair and clothing). She also has the dubious honor of being regarded as the originator of the phrase “Let them eat cake” (when told that the people of France are starving). Some historians say “PAH!” and claim that she never said such a thing, but that it was merely attributed to her by her contemporaries (read: evil haterz) who wanted to make her look even more indulgent and ignorant in the wake of the French Revolution. Well, I suppose it could be worse. She could, after all, be known for saying something REALLY awful and incorrect like “you can’t use Ovi on your Mac” (since you can!)

Besides, I think anyone who can walk around wearing three feet of hair wrapped into a raccoon’s nest and make it look fierce deserves a shout out. Enjoy Marie’s musings!

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Keepin’ It Green

Published
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Riitta Jantunen
on September 28, 2009
in Ovi by Nokia
. 10 Comments

riitta jantunenHi, my name is Riitta Jantunen and I’m part of the Sustainable Lifestyle Solutions team at Nokia. 

As my group’s name implies, whether in the office or out, I like to do simple, common-sense things that make our modern lifestyle a bit more sustainable. Recycling and using public transporation are no-brainers these days, but there’s so much more we can do, like visiting local food markets, organic restaurants and vintage clothing stores. Even during my foreign travel, I try to look for solutions to make my trip a bit more sustainable. After all, it’s the small things we do everyday that makes a difference for our surroundings.

 That’s one reason why I was so excited to join my current team this spring. Our mission is to make a sustainable lifestyle easier for people. Green Explorer is one example of this: 

Green Explorer is a sustainable lifestyle guide powered by Nokia, helping people to lead a greener lifestyle and discover the “treasures” around them. From the Green Explorer web site, you can find information on local water quality, recycling practices and public transporation; read interesting viewpoints from the sustainable lifestyle blog; and check out local World Wildlife Fund projects and UNESCO World Heritage sites nearby- just to give you a few examples.

If you ask what’s my favorite part of Green Explorer – -I’d have to say it’s the ability to share my “green” experiences on the go. The service is available through both web and mobile phone. But what’s really handy is that I can save my favorites to a mobile notebook with the Green Explorer widget, which is available in the Ovi Store for several Symbian devices. http://store.ovi.com

With Green Explorer, anybody can join in the “green” experience. It makes me proud to belong to a team involved in this important work. Nokia was rated world’s most sustainable technology company by the 2009 -10 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. So let’s use mobile technology to help us live more sustainable lives.

As a free Ovi service, Green Explorer can be accessed with the same Nokia account that’s valid for all Ovi services. Check it out for yourself at http://greenexplorer.ovi.com !

Regards, Riitta