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Club Nokia
Developer(s)Nokia
Initial release1997
TypeMobile consumer internet portal and loyalty programme
WebsiteClubNokia

Club Nokia was a mobile internet digital distribution portal, similar to an

App Store,[1] operated by Nokia to provide special offers, paid-for ringtones, picture messages and game content directly to members.[2][3][4][5] Following resistance from its mobile operator customers, Nokia partially closed the service and the brand became solely a consumer service and loyalty portal.[6][7]

History

Club Nokia was originally launched in 1997 to provide detailed product information and support about Nokia products.[4][8] In 1999 Club Nokia was developed into an integral multi-channel personalised service accessible by WAP, SMS or the World Wide Web, spawning a new industry for the provision of mobile content.[9] Consumers could join Club Nokia after buying a new Nokia device.[10] To download content, users were required to purchase credits obtained from authorised Nokia dealerships.[11][12] Content included additional game levels for e.g. Space Impact.[13][14] The picture messaging service was launched in Finland in December 1999.[15][16] In 2000, Amazon partnered with Nokia to enable purchasing of books from Amazon's catalogue via Club Nokia with WAP enabled mobile phones.[17]

In August 2000, Nokia signed a deal with music publisher

Preminet to its operators, designed to distribute certified Java- and Symbian-based mobile software to make cell-phone applications easier to buy, sell, and distribute.[8]

In late 2007 the Club Nokia service was rebranded "My Nokia".

The Novo by Microsoft.[1]

See also

  • Nokia Ovi

References

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  3. ^ a b "The fight for digital dominance". Print Edition:Special Report. The Economist. 2002-11-21. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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    ISBN 9780192524751
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  8. ^
    ISBN 9780470032954
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  9. ISBN 9780470017470. Retrieved 2018-10-24. Club Nokia ringtone.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  10. ^ "Nokia 3330 - ny lågpristelefon från Nokia". Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Aftonbladet it: mobilt". wwwc.aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Club Nokia ProfileMatch". Nokia - archived from the original. 17 May 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-05-17. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Mobiltest: Nokia 5510". 27 November 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  14. ^ PC Advisor (2001-07-04). "Nokia 3330". The Register. Retrieved 23 October 2018. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ "www.nokia.com".[dead link]
  16. ISBN 9789525901030
    . Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ "Mobile shopping with Amazon UK". BBC News. 2000-02-23. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  18. ^ Hyland, Anne (31 August 2000). "EMI and Nokia call up any number of tunes". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  19. ^ Wearden, Graeme (2000-08-31). "News Burst: Nokia mobile phones to sing EMI hits". ZDNet. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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  21. ^ "EMI Music Publishing and Nokia bring pop music to mobile phones". Nokia press release - archived from original source. 2000-08-30. Archived from the original on 2001-12-02. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  22. ^ "The Sounds and the Business of Mobile Music Ben Aslinger / Bentley College - Flow". www.flowjournal.org. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  23. ^ Buster Kantrow (2001-05-23). "'Club Nokia' Service Could Put Firm In Awkward Position With Operators". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  24. ^ "DRM jumble makes move toward clarity: Nokia takes step with Microsoft deal - RCR Wireless News". www.rcrwireless.com. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  25. ^ "Vodafone backs Nokia's OVI". The UK Mobile Report. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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  27. ^ "Nokia - Club Nokia - Find products". 13 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  28. ^ GSMONLINE.PL. "My Nokia zastąpiła Club Nokia". Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  29. ^ RCR Wireless (2006-10-23). "Nokia goes direct to consumers with Cartoon Network content". RCR Wireless. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
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