MUMBAI: Geodesic Limited, a leading provider of award-winning mobile and desktop solutions for instant messaging, VoIP and Internet radio, announced that its Mundu Radioâ„? application is now available for download in the Nokia® Ovi Store. While Nokia users have always been able to access Mundu Radio through the web, they now have the convenience of direct downloads from the Ovi Store.
The rise of mobile application stores presents a Greenfield opportunity for innovative application providers. According to Gartner, nearly 90% of mobile users around the world use other types of smartphones, with Nokia holding the lion’s share of the market, followed by BlackBerry, and Apple growing its share to about 10%.
Geodesic’s Mundu suite has racked up a long list of industry award recognitions and continues to be a top application amongst the thousands of mobile apps available in app stores,… noted Arvind Venkateswaran, Geodesic’s senior vice president and general manager. We are pleased that users of Nokia phones now have easier access to Geodesic’s entertainment application that provides an affordable, simple and fun way to enjoy entertainment on-the-go….
Mundu Radio, an Internet radio solution for mobile phones, smartphones, and PDAs, is already one of the top 10 most popular apps in the Nokia Ovi Store, according to a recent report from TechCrunch. The application goes beyond FM radio’s small, repetitive set-list of popular songs to provide consumers anywhere, anytime access to thousands of Internet radio stations streaming 24×7, including a wider variety of genres. In addition to the pre-configured list of stations that play music, news, podcasts, etc., users can add their own favorites to the playlist, creating personal mobile radio. Mundu Radio has been deployed with leading carriers and handset manufacturers throughout India, Asia, Europe and the U.S.