Buzzin Mobiles

T-Mobile and Nokia have announced a collaboration to open up an integrated marketplace for mobile content and Internet services.

T-Mobile and Nokia will together promote respective offerings for widgets, applications and other content to provide customers with easy access to a vast range of Internet services.

Mobile phone customers will be able to browse and download widgets from both the T-Mobile widget gallery and Nokia’s Ovi Store using T-Mobile’s web ‘n’ walk widget platform.

The integrated marketplace will be available in the third quarter of 2009 on mass market Nokia Series 40 platform based phones.

T-Mobile’s web’n'walk widget platform will be supported on Series 40 based feature mobile phones.

A Java based widget client makes it possible for both offerings to co-exist.

Rainer Deutschmann, Senior Vice President of Mobile Internet at T-Mobile International stated:

“T-Mobile and Nokia share a joint vision of offering an unparalleled mobile Internet experience to its customers. The co-existence of our widget gallery with Nokia’s Ovi Store ensures customers have access to an extensive range of interesting and relevant Internet services that they can customize according to their personal preferences.”

This co-operation takes the new web’n'walk widget platform into the mass market and opens up the long tail of applications and services from Nokia’s Ovi Store and T-Mobile’s widget gallery.

“Nokia Series 40 devices offer a great platform to deliver the Ovi Store experience and once the Ovi Store is available, you’ll be able to enjoy the most relevant content from the people and places that matter to you,” said Urpo Karjalainen, Senior Vice President, Operator Channels, at Nokia. “We are excited to be partnering with T-Mobile on the most compelling mobile Internet experience for mass market yet.”