As Nokia and Apple battle it out in the courtroom over patent infringement lawsuits hurled at each other, it seems Nokia may take a cue from its foe and offer movies directly via Ovi store to your cell phone. The movies will be tested on Nokia touch screens, including the N97 along with 5800XM and X6. According to Kasey Fellar, Nokia Global Communications Manager:

“We do have a couple of short form video clips available on store right now and we’re investigating longer form,” he told us. “I can’t confirm anything right now. I can tell you that we are investigating it. We have done a couple of pilots in some countries with some success, and you know we have great relationships with all the major studios.”

Movies coming to your N97?

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If the Nokia N97 was a disappointment, the N97 Mini came around to wipe the tears off Nokia execs and fans alike. It eluded the hindrances that the N97 initially brought and has proven to be a smash amongst the Nokia faithful. As a reward, Nokia would like to rewards us with (cue in the drum-rolls): Nokia N97 Mini Gold Edition! It will be plated with 18k gold and will retail for $847. The gold edition will be a carbon copy of its toned down and sober twin (N97 mini): 5MP with Carl Zeiss and dual LED’s, 3.2″ resistive screen,  sliding keyboard, GPS, WiFi, etc. The Nokia N97 Mini Gold Edition will be releasing in the second quarter across four continents: Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa. To all those blingbees and rappers in North America, it won’t be available here!

Nokia N97 Gold Edition

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And we’re back… with another great N97 app! Are you ever out and about with your laptop/netbook and need an internet connection? Then Joikuspot is for you! I often use this software when on long journeys or when I am stopping over in hotels for example.

Joikuspot (by http://www.joiku.com/) basically just takes the internet connection on your S60 based smartphone and broadcasts it through the phones inbuilt wifi to nearby objects with wireless networking capabilities. There are two versions of this software available, free and paid; The premium version obviously offers added functionality over the free version but if you’re strapped for cash then Joikuspot Lite does the job just fine.

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Okay, so there is a big craze going on at the moment with smartphone applications… Especially since the release of Apple’s App Store. It has even prompted Nokia to release the Ovi Store to make it easier for it’s users to download and install applications on their phone.

So, I hear you ask… “What good apps are there for the N97?”  Well, I’m here to tell you about a few that I find are a must for your Nokia.

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Good things are a happening… Yes, music downloads that are free of DRM. The Nokia Music Store is becoming Ovi Music and along with this change they are completely removing DRM from their songs. Woo Woo!

If you don’t know what DRM is then I’ll fill you in Digital Rights Management basically stops people from sharing music illegally between friends and over the internet, Great I hear you say? No, It also means that we cannot even play the tracks that we own with some other software/devices. How bad is that?

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