Nokia's Mail on Ovi email beta now live worldwide

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 22nd 2008 at 3:10PM

For Nokia handsets not quite fancy enough for Email, there's Mail on Ovi. The application, which was developed for low(er)-end S40 mobiles, is expected to give many individuals in developing nations their very first email address and internet identity. In theory, these people will use their phones to access email more than a PC, thus the newest public beta enables users to setup their accounts right on the handset with no PC required. There's a ridiculously long list of compatible handsets in the read link, so hop on down if you think you're interested.

Filed under: Messaging, Software, Nokia

Tags: beta, email, Mail on Ovi, MailOnOvi, nokia, ovi, S40

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Anthony @ Dec 22nd 2008 4:56PM

Ovi seems like a totally stupid proposition. They want you to integrate various services & programs you already use onto Ovi. I don't see the need & find it to be wasted effort.

Nokia: I already have an email address (like everyone else I don't want to switch it again), a blog, a place to store photos, a calendar app, etc.

Bringing things on to a closed platform that's Nokia-specific as some sort of portal seems pointless to me. Google beat you by 5 years & Yahoo by 10.

Why don't you focus on making the services you already have compatible w/ your newest devices (5800, for instance, has virtually 0 support right now).

Dumping well integrated programs like Lifeblog (which seamlessly forwarded to various blogs) to bring on Photos & Ovi? I'm just finding ways to circumvent it, not integrate it.

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Fernando @ Dec 22nd 2008 5:53PM

Say that to the millions of people without computers, that only have their phones to get on the intorwebs. If you didn't get that from the article, Mail on Ovi is for lower end phones.

The potential market for those services are huge. Specially compared to half a dozen gadget freaks on sites like this.

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Anthony @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:23PM

Giving people email access is great. I believe there are millions of people just in my country alone that could benefit. But their development push in general is what I'm referring to. Maybe I should have couched my comments in terms of an opinion overall of Ovi, rather than this specific rollout.

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Maikel @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:26PM

Good for those Emerging markets that Nokia like to refer to. But do they offer push e-mails at least ?

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ZooVision @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:09PM

It's my understanding that the service is designed to offer email to 75% of the worlds population that doesn't currently have email service. The rest of us can use it to access our current mail accounts. An email gateway of sorts.

I find the concept amazing as Nokia holds a unique position where their products are in the hands of billions of people everyday. What other company, can offer free email to almost the entire world population?