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Here’s a technology update from Sony Ericsson and Nokia.
Sony Ericsson joins Open Handset Alliance
Sony Ericsson announced in a press release dated 9th December 2008 about another one of their breakthrough in mobile technology – their mobiles are soon to support Open Handset Alliance. For those of you who dreamt to be able to use Mozilla Firefox or configure Thunderbird on your handsets, its a dream come true.
The press release confirms Sony Ericsson’s intention to develop handsets on Android platform. Rikko Sakaguchi, CVP and head of Creation and Development at Sony Ericsson said, ‘We believe Sony Ericsson can bring a wealth of experience to the Alliance drawing on the successes of the Walkman and Cyber-shot sub-brands. Sony Ericsson is a strong supporter of open operating systems and we believe the Open Handset Alliance offers an exciting opportunity for a new and unique user experience only Sony Ericsson can deliver.’
Open Handset Alliance membership complements the existing Open OS Strategy which is based on Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms.
Nokia Mail on Ovi beta public version goes live
Mail on Ovi, the free email account from Nokia is live as per a press release dated 22nd December 2008. It can be set up directly on your Nokia phone and doesn’t need a PC for startup. Users of Nokia Series 40 devices can use this service. In its beta, the mail service supports 12 different languages. Senior VP Tom Furlong overseeing Consumer Messaging initiatives said, ‘We’re creating mindset shift with mobile messaging. Mail on Ovi is the first ever email service which allows people to create an account directly on their mobile phone and start using it right away.’
This will mobilise email across Nokia’s mainstream device portfolio giving the emerging market their very own email account, Mail on Ovi as well as an internet identity per account. These people would exclusively use their mobile phone for internet, emails and livechat rather than a computer.
The following Nokia handsets support Mail on Ovi:
Nokia 1680 classic, Nokia 168Oi
Nokia 2320, Nokia 2323, Nokia 2330, Nokia 2600, Nokia 2600 classic, Nokia 2630, Nokia 2680 slide, Nokia 2760
Nokia 3210, Nokia 3555, Nokia 3600 slide, Nokia 3610 fold
Nokia 5000, Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, Nokia 5220 XpressMusic, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, Nokia 5610 XpressMusic
Nokia 6267, Nokia 6300i, Nokia 6301, Nokia 6260, Nokia 6500 classic, Nokia 6500 slide, Nokia 6555, Nokia 6600 fold, Nokia 6600 slide
Nokia 7100 Supernova, Nokia 7210 Supernova, Nokia 7310, Nokia 7500 Prism, Nokia 7610 Supernova, Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism
Nokia 8800 Arte, Nokia 8800 Sapphire
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