Ovi Files magically metamorphoses into free service

Originally priced at $80 a year for a 10GB bucket, Nokia's online storage venture -- Ovi Files, formerly Files on Ovi -- has now converted into a free service. Presumably pressured by a variety of free services that operated in the same vein, Nokia's move gives phone users (and not just those on S60, either) a particularly economical way to get back to files stored on their PC and store a whole bunch of stuff in the cloud that can be accessed even when the PC's off. Existing users who had paid are apparently having their subscriptions refunded, so yeah, high-fives all around -- we know better than to bite the hand that's feeding us 10 free gig.

[Via Symbian-Guru]

[wako Posted Jul 20th 2009 12:32PM]

Apple take note please

[johdaxx Posted Jul 20th 2009 2:58PM]

Not that I'm complaining, but can Nokia afford to do this?

Part of a big hefty plan to turn the mega-corp around?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 27th 2009 9:55AM]

CAVEAT EMPTOR Have you read the Ts&Cs ? Anyone signing up gives rights to Nokia to do pretty much anything they want with any content you store in the cloud.