Movies on your N97 via Ovi Store?
As Nokia and Apple battle it out in the courtroom over patent infringement lawsuits hurled at each other, it seems Nokia may take a cue from its foe and offer movies directly via Ovi store to your cell phone. The movies will be tested on Nokia touch screens, including the N97 along with 5800XM and X6. According to Kasey Fellar, Nokia Global Communications Manager:
“We do have a couple of short form video clips available on store right now and we’re investigating longer form,” he told us. “I can’t confirm anything right now. I can tell you that we are investigating it. We have done a couple of pilots in some countries with some success, and you know we have great relationships with all the major studios.”
Movies coming to your N97?
There you have it, you can’t have Movies without Ovi! (Yes, that was awfully cheesy.) On a serious note, this seems like a fair venture that Nokia is undertaking. Nokia touchscreens sport amazingly bright and crisp TFT displays when compared to the current crop. By now many of you can attest that HD videos in the native resolution look amazing and as demonstrated by UnwiredView, the Nokia X6 (same display technology is used on this phone) stands up fairly well against the AMOLED Samsung Wave. Nokia also has at least 15 million of these touchscreen users so it might be well worth for them to dip their hands in the water. Also, with a Nokia phone or its prototype displayed in a blockbuster flick every year (think Dark Knight and Star Trek), the studios might also find ways to help Nokia out here as Mr. Fellar stated.
Personally, I think it will take Nokia time to work this out. The Ovi store isn’t fully ironed out yet and big downloads will be a test for Ovi, when small downloads -at times- hang, freeze, or fail. Besides, this coming from a communication manager at the launch of Skype raises eyebrows!
What are your thoughts? Would you be downloading movies on your Nokia N97? Is the Ovi Store capable of handling such large downloads?
Please chime in,
Salman
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