Sign up for an Ovi Mail account directly from the phone

Sep 30, 2009 10:28 GMT  ·  By

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia's Ovi Mail service has just become more attractive for the owners of a handset that runs under the Symbian S60 platform, as an Ovi Mail Setup app has just emerged from the Nokia Beta Labs. What the new application does is offer S60 users the possibility to sign up for an Ovi Mail account directly from their handsets.

At the same time, those who already have an Ovi Mail account will be able to easily configure the email client on the device to access the service. To offer an even easier access to Ovi Mail, the application will provide an icon in the Installations folder. One thing that should be noted here is that the new application does not come as an email client, and S60 owners will continue to use their existing email client on the device.

Here's what Ovi Mail will deliver to users: - Your personal, free email address - [email protected] (a wireless data plan will be needed) - Convenient mobile email access while on-the-go - Intuitive, simple and elegant web-based interface - 1GB of storage - Full featured spam and virus protection The Ovi Mail Setup wizard is intended mainly for those who own an older S6 handset and who haven't managed to set up Ovi Mail on their devices. Those who did so won't need the new application, the Nokia Beta Labs note. At the same time, it should be noted that the app is not compatible with Nokia Messaging, which will have to be configured separately.

The list of Nokia S60 devices the Ovi Mail Setup wizard supports includes: E51, E66, E71, E63, N82, N81, N95, N95 8gb, N76, E90, Nokia 6121, Nokia 6210 Classic, Nokia 6110 navigator, Nokia 6290, Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, NM705i DoCoMo, E75, N78, N79, N85, N86, E71x, N96, Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 6210s - Orion Korea, Nokia 6760 - AT&T, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6650 - T-Mobile, Nokia 6650 - AT&T, Nokia 6720 classic, Nokia 6710 navigator, Nokia 5320 Xpress Music, Nokia 5630d-1, E52, E55, E72, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, N97, N97 Mini and Nokia X6 (Nokia N86, E52, E55, and Nokia 6710 will need the latest firmware to be installed).

The Ovi Mail Setup app for S60 is available for download here.

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