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Nokia makes it easier for web publishers and developers to create
applications with integrated services with Ovi APIs and Ovi SDK Beta
introducing a new breed of applications for the web and smartphone
platforms

Stuttgart, Germany - Nokia today made it easier for web publishers
and developers to create applications with integrated services and
native-like user interfaces, quickly and with less effort with new
Ovi APIs and the Ovi SDK Beta. Announced at its annual Nokia World
conference, the company said it will progressively roll out web and
mobile APIs for its services, beginning with the Ovi Maps Player API
and the Ovi Navigation Player API for cutting-edge location solutions
on its smartphones. The company also hosted a keynote from Henri
Moissinac, Director of Mobile, Facebook, highlighting the
opportunities in mobile social networking and the close collaboration
between the two companies.

"This is just the beginning. We will work in close cooperation with
developers to evolve the offering, starting with social location
solutions," said Niklas Savander, EVP, Services, Nokia. "Our goal is
clear, and that is to make it effortless for our partners to create
highly appealing, context-relevant applications that consumers will
find indispensable."

Nokia has already been working with key partners such as Lonely
Planet, Deutsche Bahn, Associated Press, Qype, National Geographic,
Deutsche Telekom Medien and Langenscheidt to create example
applications using the Ovi SDK Beta and Ovi APIs (Click


http://events.nokia.com/nokiaworld to see the Ovi SDK video).

Web partner discusses developing with Nokia
"We've been very pleased with our relationship with Nokia," said
Henri Moissinac, Director of Mobile, Facebook. "Since its release in
June, the Facebook application for Nokia is available for download in
more than 150 countries and is currently one of the most distributed
applications in the Ovi Store. Needless to say, it's really exciting
to be working so closely with the largest handset manufacturer in the
world to bring our 250 million users worldwide an innovative Facebook
experience on their mobile devices - and this is just the beginning."

The Ovi for Developers beta program
Nokia is inviting developers to join the Ovi for Developers beta
program on the Forum Nokia Developer Community site
(www.forum.nokia.com/Ovi), and will make the Ovi SDK Beta and Ovi
APIs available to them. Applications created with Ovi SDK and Ovi
APIs will be distributed through the Ovi Store in 2010, bringing the
applications available to the hands of millions of consumers around
the world.

The Ovi SDK Beta and Ovi APIs
The technology preview, now available to developers via registration,
contains:

Ovi SDK Beta - an easy-to-use, web-based toolbox which provides tools
to create applications for the web, and Symbian and Maemo platforms,
with integrated Ovi features and a distinct user interface. The Ovi
SDK Beta contains the Ovi APIs and all-new Ovi User Interface (UI)
libraries, which enable effortless creation of rich applications. The
Ovi SDK Beta utilizes standard web technologies - HTML, Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript (JS) - programming languages that
are most familiar to the world's developer community.

Ovi APIs - provide developers with a simple way to integrate service
features such as maps or navigation to their web applications. Nokia
today introduced the first two Ovi APIs:

- Ovi Maps Player API - bringing maps to mobile and web applications
effortlessly. The API is powered by Ovi Maps and features over 180
country maps, location-based search and detailed place information.
Other features include vector-based maps that give a range of views,
including map, terrain and 3D modes for dynamic map mash-ups. Nokia
first introduced the Ovi Maps Player API for the web earlier this
year.

- Ovi Navigation Player API - allowing developers to bring Nokia's
industry-leading walk and drive navigation features to their
applications, including pedestrian navigation, turn-by-turn car
navigation and route planning. This makes it possible for content
creators to create applications that take the consumer to his
destination of choice - be it to a friend's location, a landmark, a
restaurant, or the bus stop.

Nokia announces the Apps on Maps category winner of the 2009 Calling
All Innovators competition
Nokia also announced the Apps on Maps category winner of the 2009
Calling All Innovators competition. Using the Ovi SDK Beta,
Primordial, from St. Paul, Minnesota emerged tops in its category by
creating Ground Guidance, an application based on technology
originally built for the U.S. Army. The application, which wins USD
30,000 amongst other prizes, enables the Ovi Maps user to get from
one point to another, even if there are no roads or road data. With
the application, all a user would need are his start and end point -
and Ground Guidance would present him with a walkable path while
avoiding undesirable terrain such as steep hills or water. Calling
All Innovators, launched in March 2009, is a global mobile developer
competition designed to generate applications and solutions that
enhance the use of Nokia mobile devices in real-world scenarios. Apps
on Maps participants were required to submit new ideas that harness
the power of location-aware services using Ovi Maps.


* More information about the Ovi SDK Beta, Ovi Maps Player API and
Ovi Navigation Player API are available from the Forum Nokia website,


http://www.forum.nokia.com/Ovi.

Please visit www.nokia.com/press for press materials, including
photos and product information.
For more information on Nokia World 2009, please visit:


http://events.nokia.com/nokiaworld.

About Nokia
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leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in
new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with
personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters
to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information
through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for
communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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Key Ovi ecosystem partners collaborate with Nokia for location
solutions

Mathias Hüske, Divisonal Director Online Sales, Deutsche Bahn
Vertrieb GmbH: "We are fascinated by the possibilites of the new OVI
platform. It enables us to offer truly innovative services to our
customers and makes travel planning easier."

Phil Chambers, CTO, Qype GmbH: "We jumped at the chance to become a
part of the development of the Ovi SDK Beta, and to bring Europe's
best local application to the Ovi platform. The ease of development
and fast time-to-market were key factors in us making this
investment, and I look forward to millions of users across Europe
using Qype Radar on their Nokia handsets soon."

Chris Boden, Director of Mobile & Innovation, Lonely Planet: "We are
thrilled to be one of the first companies developing on Nokia's Ovi
Maps platform, creating a new generation of intelligent,
contextually-aware travel guides. Lonely Planet's trusted content,
made available regardless of time or place, teamed with Nokia's reach
will help more travellers get to the heart of a place."

Ben Broshi, VP New Markets, DeutscheTelekom Medien: "We are excited,
after working together with Nokia for so many years, to see Nokia
reaching for the next level and we're proud of being part of this
movement with one of the very first apps created with the Ovi SDK
Beta, called DasÖrtliche."

Paul Levine, EVP, Interactive Platforms Group and Business
Development, National Geographic: "Ovi is an ideal platform on which
we can develop compelling National Geographic mobile applications. It
enables us to leverage rich content from across the entire Society,
including Travel, Maps, and Photography, in new and innovative ways."

Benjamin Mosse, director of mobile products at The Associated Press:
"Working with the Nokia team, the AP Mobile team was able to develop
the AP Mapix app in just six weeks. The Ovi API innovation makes it
easy for us to develop a highly customizable mobile news app that
provides consumers with the ability to choose their news, anytime and
anywhere."

Greg Turley, CEO of CarTrawler: "We are delighted to be the first car
rental application to enable Nokia customers across Europe and the
world to access the full local inventory for car rentals. In the fast
changing world of travel and telecom technology CarTrawler is
constantly working to innovate with new standards based technologies
to make it faster and easier for customers to make a car rental
reservation through CarTrawler."

James Brady, founder and president of Earthcomber LLC: "When you look
ahead, you see a crucial difference between Google and Ovi. Not only
is the environment better, Ovi produces amazing visual perspectives.
It's ultimately control and flexibility that count - you don't want
to arrive at a dead end with your application. We can see immediately
that Ovi supports openness and is built, frankly, for orchestrating
technologies into the unique experience you're always aiming for."

Malte Bumenthal, vice president new media at CTS EVENTIM AG: "EVENTIM
offers a state of the art webshop to serve millions of European
customers with tickets and information from the world of live
entertainment. Wih the EVENTIM Tourbus application users can get
closer to the events, tour and music of their favourite bands. Thanks
to Ovi APIs, a new dimension is opened for EVENTIM's mobile users."

Tobias Ragge, Managing Director of HRS - HOTEL RESERVATION SERVICE:
"We are extremely delighted to be one of the launching partners on
the Ovi platform. Thereby millions of Nokia customers get access to
our hotel database with more than 250.000 hotels worldwide. With the
new application, searching and booking a hotel on your Nokia mobile
phone is child's play - fast and comfortable - no matter where you
are."

Henry Bennett, Managing Director, Island Wall Entertainment: "This is
a fantastic opportunity for our company to produce one of the apps
utilizing the exciting Ovi platform. We will be looking forward to
both porting existing product across to the Ovi Store, whilst
developing new applications exclusively for the Nokia customer base."

Rolf Müller, Publishing Director at Langenscheidt KG: "New media have
been an important part of our portfolio for decades now. In the world
of mobile devices, where things move at the speed of light, it is
vital to have strong partnerships in order to keep abreast of the
technological developments and changes in user behaviour. The
cooperation with Nokia offers us the ideal opportunity to combine our
own top-quality standards with leading technology and creative
distribution channels."

Stefan Heimerl, CEO MECOMO AG: "The Ovi platform provides a fantastic
opportunity for us to bring location content to users exactly at the
time they need it - when they are on the go. Thus, it perfectly
supports the goal of our services: To make everyday life easier by
providing efficient and reliable guidance, no matter if it's the next
emergency pharmacy or the next ATM that you are looking for."

Clay Babcock, Vice President, Primordial Inc: "Ovi platform was
exactly what we were looking for. We needed a rich LBS/Mapping
platform for mobile devices that would target a large user base. We
found all of that and more with Ovi. Not only is the mapping
development environment for devices very rich, but that same
environment exists on Ovi Maps Player API for the web. That allows
almost 100% reuse of our development effort, and means that we can
deliver our innovative pedestrian routing solution to even more
users. It's a huge advantage for us. In addition, the Nokia team has
been a true pleasure to work with. They understand the needs of the
development community, and really want us to succeed."

Konrad Hübner, CEO of Skycoders (Munich): "For a small company like
Skycoders, it is a great opportunity to work with the Ovi APIs right
from the beginning. This allows us to prove that even a small team
can build a powerful application based on Ovi SDK Beta in a really
short time."

Bruno Pellegrini, CEO, TheBlogTV: "We are proud of being Nokia's
partner in this new challenge. We will put all our unique
competencies in crowdsourcing and user generated content to support
the diffusion of Ovi and make it a big success."

Amnon Sarig, President, TuneWiki: "We found out that Ovi Maps offer a
unique and much richer and immersing mapping experience. Just as
important is the support that we received from the entire team at
Forum Nokia, to develop and deploy our solutions. We work with many
mobile vendors, and the Nokia team gives a perfect example how
developers should be supported and treated in the life cycle of
developing an application."


 
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