Nokia introduced Ovi, the company's new Internet services brand name. With the introduction of Ovi, Nokia is expanding from a focus on mobile devices to offering a range of Internet services. Ovi, meaning 'door' in Finnish, enables consumers to easily access their existing social network, communities and content, as well as acting as a gateway to Nokia services. As part of Ovi, Nokia announced the Nokia Music Store and N-Gage, two services that make it easy for people to discover, try and buy music and games from a blockbuster range of artists and publishers, including exclusive content only available through Nokia.

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, announced three new additions to its Q1 Ultra family of Ultra Mobile PCs, the Q1U-SSDXP, the Q1U-ELXP and the Q1U-XP. The new Q1U-SSDXP is the first Q1 Ultra to incorporate a solid state Flash NAND hard drive instead of a traditional rotational disk drive. All three of the new models are based on the Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system. The new models, which are now shipping, continue to advance Samsung’s commitment to the emerging and fast growing UMPC product category.

Fujitsu Media Devices Limited, a manufacturer specialized in devices for mobile phone equipment, has developed the T0311QZ1950 (Band I), T0311QZ0836 (Band V), and T0312QZ1880 (Band II) - compact, high-performance transmitter modules with the world’s highest power efficiency for W-CDMA mobile phones. Fujitsu Media Devices will begin supplying successive samples of the modules from September. Fujitsu Media Devices is also planning to develop transmitter modules for Bands IV and VIII in an effort to further strengthen its product lineup. Fujitsu Media Devices is a pioneer in developing CDMA transmitter modules with built-in power amps for transmitting data to reduce the electrical connect and space requirements of RF parts in mobile phones.

Dailymotion, the world's largest independent video sharing site, announced the availability of an iPhone-compatible version of the popular site. The new portal features a simplified graphic user interface as well as Quicktime-compatible encoding, both facilitating the viewing of Dailymotion's high-quality online video entertainment directly through the device's Safari web browser. The new site retains popular Dailymotion functionality including easy access to featured and top-rated content as well as to Dailymotion channels, recently-added videos and contributions from the MotionMaker program that identifies and rewards outstanding contributors to the Dailymotion creative community.

LG Electronics, a worldwide technology leader in mobile communications, and YouTube, the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created videos, announced an agreement to provide YouTube services on its handsets, allowing users to view videos and easily upload them directly to YouTube website. For upcoming YouTube-enabled handsets, LG will apply a new user interface for easily accessing and uploading video content. LG’s YouTube-enabled handsets will be available worldwide starting at end of this year.

Starting today, every cell phone user in the US can get a group together on a single phone call, instantly, at any time, for free. foonzMobile is the first group calling service that is available to everyone with a cell phone and costs nothing other than the minutes used for a regular call. Now anyone who wants to get friends together, talk about plans or make a decision can start a group call, instantly, without any advance planning, by sending a short text message to FOONZ (36669). The new service works with all cell phones on any carrier network.

If you’re like most people, it’s probably happened to you more than once: You’ve driven through a neighborhood filled with beautiful homes and wondered how much they’re worth. The next time that happens, just reach for your cell phone, text message the home’s address, and within seconds you’ll receive detailed property information including estimated values, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and sales history.

RadVision, a leading provider of video network infrastructure and developer tools for unified visual communications over IP, 3G, and emerging next-generation IMS networks, announced that ARIMA Computer Corporation, a leading OEM / ODM and integrated service provider headquartered in Taiwan, has licensed and used RadVision’s 3G-324M Toolkit and ProLab 3G-324M Testing Solution for the development of a video-enabled 3G PDA phone. Arima is using RadVision’s complete 3G Video Telephony Application to integrate the platform into Windows Mobile through the RadVision Professional Services Division. The Xda Flame PDA phone, with an NVIDIA embedded video encoding and graphics chip, is currently being marketed by O2 Asia Pacific & Middle East.

Skype is now available on the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, bringing Skype conversations anywhere in the world where there is an available wireless internet connection (WiFi). "Skype is the recognized leader in internet calling, with more than 196 million registered users worldwide. The Nokia N800 gives people easy access to the Internet and it's a natural step that they will want to make Skype calls away from their desktop." said Ari Virtanen, Vice President, Convergence Products, Nokia. "Consumers can now start enjoying the benefits of Skype on the Nokia N800 and experience a free and easy way to stay in touch with friends, family and business colleagues around the world."

For consumers who want similar innovative mobile entertainment content such as the iPhone from Apple, but do not want to invest heavily in a new phone or change carriers, mobile gaming portal Cellufun offers games and other entertainment content, for free. Its newest game, the MobilePet myPhone, allows users to care for, play with and feed the object of their affection. As with all of the company's entertainment content, the game is available to consumers at no cost and works on all Web-enabled handsets, as well as with all carriers.