New Mobile Services: Nokia Internet Radio and payWave by Visa

Nokia Internet Radio

Nokia has announced the release of the service Nokia Internet Radio for mobile devices.

Tommi Mustonen, head of the Nokia music business, said:

“Most new music discovery occurs while you’re listening to the radio. By offering the Nokia Internet Radio service on mobile devices, the radio experience becomes more accessible, giving people new ways to find music.”

By offering hundreds of radio stations from all over the globe the radio catalogue Nokia Internet Radio promises to simplify the search of new music. With the help of the new service, a user will be able to find the required radio station by the name, genre, country or language. Each out the refresh of the top 10 radio stations takes place so that s user could find out which tracks top the world charts. Moreover, the users will be able to add top stations to the “favorites” list.

At the moment the application Nokia Internet Radio is supported by the following models: Nokia N82, Nokia N91, Nokia N95 и Nokia N95 8GB. It is planned to be released for other phones like, for instance, the upcoming Nokia S60 3rd edition.

payWave by Visa

Visa has started testing a few new mobile payment systems in a number of countries.

In Brazil the company is testing a distance payment system which will enable the users to make payments from mobile devices.

In Canada Visa is planning to test is contactless payment service “payWave” in cooperation with the bank Royal Bank of Canada. The testing will start next year in Ontario. The testing process will feature the chipsets NFC (Near Field Communications).

At the moment the similar system is being tested in Malaya in cooperation with Maybank, Maxis and Nokia. Visa is also testing payWave in Thailand. The system payWave is already included in Visa credit cards in the US, that’s why the company doesn’t have to use mobile phones to realize the technology.

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