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New Oxygen Phone Manager II Promises a New Type of Excitement
Written by Oxygen Software
Monday, 12 November 2007
The biggest change in version 2.16 of OPM II is tested quality support for groundbreaking Series 40 5th Edition of Nokia Phones, whose posh look and cool functionalities have won the hearts of millions of people worldwide.
New Oxygen Phone Manager II Promises a New Type of Excitement for the Owners of Nokia Prism and XpressMusic!
MOSCOW, Russia - November 9, 2007 - Oxygen Software today introduces an enhanced version of its Oxygen Phone Manager II (OPM II) for Nokia and Vertu phones that is actually advanced 3rd party analogue of Nokia PC Suite. The biggest change in version 2.16 of OPM II is tested quality support for groundbreaking Series 40 5th Edition of Nokia Phones, whose posh look and cool functionalities have won the hearts of millions of people worldwide.
Nokia Series 40 Prism and XpressMusic phones are cool and keep you that way. They shine with 2-megapixel camera, DVD-quality video playback, nice display, Bluetooth, 512 MB Micro SD card - everything one needs for browsing pictures, playing music, sharing files, and taking video. Oxygen Software promises to add even more excitement to this Gee-Whiz list of features. Its new Oxygen Phone Manager will let Nokia owners manage all this abundance of content from the desktop PC completely effortlessly. Because it's so simple, this kind of thing can become addictive and you may find yourself hooked on your Nokia even more than ever!
The support for Series 40 5th Edition has been realized in collaboration with the Forum Nokia PRO Program. "Nokia is a great partner whose advanced technical support, we get as a member of Forum Nokia PRO, has allowed us to be the first to introduce support for its Series 40 phones," says Nike Golubev, Oxygen's PR officer. "Our entry into the mobile software market with enhanced Oxygen Phone Manager, supported by Nokia's technologies, is another great step forward in making our software meet the quality expectations of Nokia owners and getting them excited about experiencing quick and easy mobile content management."
The complete list of Series 40 5th Edition phones includes:
- Nokia 5610 XpressMusic
- Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
- Nokia 6555
- Nokia 7500 Prism
- Nokia 7900 Prism
- Nokia 6267
- Nokia 6500 classic
- Nokia 6500 slide
Get yourself a new type of excitement for your Nokia Prism or XpressMusic phone!
Oxygen Phone Manager II 2.16 is available today.
Oxygen Phone Manager II at a Glance
OPM II for Nokia and Vertu phones makes mobile content management more efficient and easy to do by providing a single tool and single interface to manage a phonebook, call register, calendar, ToDo lists, SMS and MMS messages, logos, tones, GPRS / WAP settings, profiles, voice records, FM stations, Java games and applications. The product has seen the highest customer adoption since 2006 and received consistent praise from the end-users, industry experts and media reviewers for technological excellence and ease of use.
Pricing & Availability
Oxygen Phone Manager II for Nokia and Vertu phones 2.16 runs on Windows Vista, XP, 2000, 2003 and starts at 19.95 Euro. Registered customers are entitled to free updates and priority-driven technical support for one year (that includes new major releases). A 30-day evaluation version of the product is available as a free download from www.oxygensoftware.com.
About Oxygen Software
Founded in 2000, Oxygen Software is a Moscow, Russia-based company, targeting the mobile market with its PC software for cell phones and smartphones. Among its leading titles are Oxygen Forensic Suite, Oxygen Express for Nokia phones and Oxygen Phone Manager II for Symbian OS smartphones (all Symbian smartphones supported - Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, etc). The company is an official member of Nokia Trade point and Forum Nokia PRO. For more information, visit www.oxygensoftware.com.
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Samsung Mobile Innovator is the latest developer support program from a Symbian OS licensee. Richard Bloor caught up with Phil Northam, the program's Global Marketing Manager and one of its founding members, to find out more.
A note from Nokia reps this week informs us that the Nokia viNe application will be rolled out of Beta soon... possibly even this week. viNe is a web service that enables users of the application to share their journeys, along with media collected along the way. As a long-time Sports Tracker user, N95 enthusiasts, and evangelist of all things mobile and geospatial, I was provided with a pre-release version of viNe - details and a complete "How To" install and use the application are provided... enjoy! Enter Nokia viNe 101 
It was back in 
I’ve been a long-time fan and user of Nokia Sports Tracker. In fact, I’ve considered it to be one of the best location-aware mobile apps anywhere… hands-down! Now it's even more fun, more useful, and easier to share with others... 
It was almost a year ago at 
