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You have Spoken

The clear majority of the content you've put onto Ovi Share are photos and videos. Given your clear needs, we're going to focus exclusively on providing you the best experience for sharing your photos and videos. Getting you there will require we make some trade-offs - we have ended supporting the upload of other content types on Ovi Share. While this affects a small number of you, we know this number is not zero. But remember we will not remove any of your current content there.

All services must listen to their users and evolve with their feedback. Openess will be the key to Ovi Share's future evolution and as social and personal media networks play larger and more important roles in everyone's lives, we encourage you to continue to use Ovi Share to spread your memories and also to give us your feedback at Sharefeedback@ovi.com

-- The Ovi Share team

Hotfix Released - Slideshow Embeds Reenabled

Hello Members,

We have just released our hotfix which re-enables existing slideshows embedded in your web sites. All older photos have been reconverted to our new quality and sizes, and rotation issues are resolved. In addition, the upload mulfiple files dialog problem in Firefox has been fixed.

We appreciate all the positive feedback and improvement suggestions on the redesign. Many of your ideas we already have in our backlog and your feedback helps us prioritize. Others we've added to our list to consider as we improve the service. Please keep your feedback coming. We are listening.

-- The Ovi Share Team

Ovi Share Redesigned

We've redesigned the Ovi Share website from top to bottom to make your media sharing experience better. The new design brings to life photos and videos from you and your friends and makes it easier to find the features you need most.

The Fishbowl

Media glides by straight from your activity feed on the home page. Embed this into your own web site to share your experience.

What's New?

We’ve improved many features based on your feedback. The changes include:

• Better Sharing - You can now share photos and videos individually without having to create an album first. Plus, comments on an item show to all viewers.
• Higher Quality Images - A new photo transcoding platform produces higher quality images. The larger size on the media page shows more detail.
• Improved Media Page - The media page has more room for your photos and videos--see with whom they are shared, the comments and the capture time and place.
• Album Page - Channels have been renamed to Albums and the most recently used albums display on the home page for quick access. Plus, now you can change the number of thumbnails shown on one page.
• Easier Experience - Tasks such as sharing, commenting and organizing are now easier to find and use with simpler menus and in-place actions.

Quality Upgrade for Existing Photos
Because of the large number of photos stored in Ovi, it will take a few days for us to upgrade all media to the new quality and sizes. In this time you will see some issues with the rotation, location data, and others. This will be fixed automatically, and all your photos will look better.

Other Features
As part of this transformation, we've disabled some features. We realize that some of your favorite features are missing, but don't worry, we are working to improve them. Also, Ovi Share now only allows uploading image and video file types. With support for over 100 file types we work with the most popular media formats used for capturing and sharing your life. To upload other file types you can now use the Ovi Files service.

Enjoy the new site and if you have any feedback just use our Contact Us page.

- The Ovi Share Team

UPDATE: We are aware of the problem with existing embedded slideshows. We are working on a fix to release right away and will let you know as soon as it is released. Existing embedded media will automatically be fixed so you don't have to make any changes on your sites.

Exciting Changes Soon to Arrive...

We are preparing some changes to Ovi Share - making it easier to find the features that you need the most. We're also bringing to life the photos and videos you love - either your own or those from your friends and family.

New Home Page, Navigation, and Media Page

First, a new home page features an animation of media from your contacts. See what they've shared glide across the screen. Simple menus and navigation make sharing, commenting and organizing quicker.

Plus, there's more room for your photos or videos! See who it is shared with, the comments and the capture time and place - all on the media page.

Stay tuned as the site launches soon.

- The Ovi Share Team

Qik Live Video Streaming Launched

We're happy to announce that Qik has just launched its integration with Ovi Share!

Qik enables you to broadcast live video streams from your mobile phone to the internet. By linking Qik with Ovi Share your completed broadcasts are automatically uploaded to your Ovi account so all your media stays together however you capture it. All the advantages of Ovi Share including channel subscription alerts and feeds mean your broadcasts are shared through Ovi just like your other experiences.

Learn How to Stream with Qik to Ovi

--The Share on Ovi Team