Industry leaders collaborate to provide mobile users fast and easy access to relevant information
BARCELONA, Spain (February 12, 2008) - Nokia and Google today announced that Google’s popular search engine will be integrated with the Nokia Search application. The integration will begin in select markets with the Nokia N96, Nokia N78, Nokia 6210 Navigator and Nokia 6220 classic. Google search will be extended to additional Nokia handset models in the future. Ultimately, Nokia will make Google search available to its customers in over 100 countries around the world, serving mobile owners speaking more than 40 languages.
Nokia Search, now with Google, offers fast and easy access to web information from the handset. In addition, Nokia Search also makes it possible for users to search content on their device and use local search engines for a complete search experience. Nokia Search is available on many devices and provides direct access with one click from the active standby screen, saving users time and steps in their searching. Once users have found the information they are seeking, Nokia Search enables users to act on that information by engaging device assets such as maps, messaging or the browser with just one click.
“Providing choices for our consumers is an important driver in Nokia’s Internet service strategy,” said Ilkka Raiskinen, vice-president, software and services at Nokia. “This integration allows our consumers the ability to use the innovative search technologies, which have made Google almost synonymous with Internet search.
“Adding Google to Nokia Search provides mobile users with fast, relevant and comprehensive search experience that will be familiar to the people who use Google to search the web from their desktop,” said Google’s VP of Engineering and Products for Mobile Vic Gundotra. “Google search combined with the high quality applications on Nokia devices help make information available to Nokia device users wherever they are and provide an excellent overall experience.”
The collaboration announced today builds on previous cooperation between Nokia and Google. Google search has previously been available on Nokia Internet tablets, and last year the Nokia N95 8GB became the first mobile device to fully support YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by Google.
Nokia Search is available on more than 40 Nokia devices in over 40 languages and in more than 100 countries. For the latest list of compatible Nokia devices, please visit www.mobilesearch.nokia.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks. www.nokia.com.
About Google Inc.
Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google’s targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.google.com.
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May 1st, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Nokia and Google’s move to include the search engines to be available in cell phones will definitely attract more customer’s for both companies. They have just made access to information a lot easier with the use of a handy device like cellphones.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Well, I’m sure its a great marketing strategy for Google, and Nokia can increase the sales for the youth who wants a Google features on their pockets. But I’m sure its all depends on the interenet providers too. You need a good internet speed to use it, I suppose.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
With everything else crammed into one cellphone from music to videos and the internet, we all saw this coming. Students must be thrilled to hear this news. I remember then when I had to reserve time to climb 5 stories up our school library and flip through pages of all sizes of books to do my homework. Now it’s all in your pocket.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:47 am
The technology is climbing the ladder up in a very faster way. No body could imagine such things to happen. Integrating the technology with these 2 giants is a major leap for nokia. Because this offers better service. And i have a doubt. It was said in the post that previously they used a local search. Can you be elaborate on that? What do you mean by that? What is the difference between the local search and google search? Do you mean the web pages that are attached for the two?
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Well slowly but surely the cell phone industry is trying to take over the computer industry as well. My only problem with it is that I cannot use the cell phone for what I do on the internet, and would not want to. I like the phone for what it is.
It is good that Nokia and Google are working to bring Nokia back up in the world but they have to be able to compete in other areas on the phone as well.