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Where 2.0: Opening up Ovi

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Aapo Bovellan
on May 21, 2009
in Ovi by Nokia
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Since the launch of Ovi by Nokia, we have emphasized that we want Ovi to be open for developers. We took the first step recently by opening Ovi Store for developers and publishers of all types of content: apps, themes, videos and more at publish.ovi.com. The development community has been busy ever since submitting amazing content.

Today in Where 2.0, San Jose, we are announcing another significant step: we are beginning to open up one of our hottest properties, Ovi Maps, to developers. With the introduction of the Ovi Maps Player API developers can bring Ovi Maps to their websites, complete with cutting edge features such as 3D view, satellite and terrain views and customizable visuals. The Ovi Maps Player can also be mashed up with content from other services, such as the terrific content from the Associated Press.

To give you an idea of what the Ovi Maps Player API does, we produced a short video of the cool things you can do, along with first hands-on experiences from some of our truly innovative partners – Lonely Planet and AKQA.

We are opening up Ovi in a very deliberate way. We want to provide functionality that is uniquely useful, but also delivered in a way that’s easy to develop with and well polished. For this reason we begin with an invitation based beta for Ovi Maps Player. This is just the first step of many.

Also, today we are joining forces with our friends at Forum Nokia, launching a permanent, Ovi specific section in Forum Nokia – www.forum.nokia.com/ovi. This will become the home base for all developer resources, news and supports related to Ovi.

Join us in building Ovi – for developers.

- Aapo Bovellan

Hello, moi

Published
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Aapo Bovellan
on January 7, 2009
in Ovi by Nokia
. 9 Comments

Welcome to the blog where we post the latest on all things Ovi, straight from where it’s happening.

It’s been just a bit over a year since the Ovi initiative was announced. It’s hard to believe it’s been only a year as so much has happened. We have launched Share on Ovi and Files on Ovi. Ovi.com has gone live with Sync functionality for Calendar, Contacts and Notes. We have both announced and released Nokia Ovi Suite. And we have released Maps on Ovi in beta. We also brought Share on Ovi under the Nokia Account just as 2008 was drawing to a close.

The world of Ovi is truly the hotbed of creativity at Nokia today. Even so much that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with everything that’s happening. We have been thrilled to learn that already in this early phase there are quite a few people who passionately want to stay up to date with what we are cooking for Ovi. We couldn’t have dreamed of that a year ago. To engage with you better is why we decided to set up a blog.

In the Ovi blog we:

  • Make it easy to stay up to date with all things Ovi
  • Provide access to Beta phase services we are not yet actively marketing on the site
  • Tell behind-the-scenes stories of Ovi developments
  • Provide you a channel to interact with the Ovi team

Only people actually building the Ovi services will be posting in the blog. While this means the story might be a bit rough around the edges, we want to give an open, transparent way to affect where Ovi is going.

Welcome to take Ovi forward with us. Let’s create something amazing together.

Aapo