The Finnish cell phone maker Nokia opened today its N-Gage gaming service and the social networking site "Share on Ovi".

Announced last year, Ovi, which in Finnish means “door”, is the generic brand name of Nokia’s new Internet services which enables consumers to easily access their existing social network, communities and content, as well as acting as a gateway to Nokia services.

Initially, Nokia planned to open the N-Gage gaming platform in November last year, but the launch was postponed due to software glitches. In December, Nokia was forced again to push back the launch, due to the same reasons.

Now, N-Gage First Access allows Nokia N81 owners to download the pre-release version of the N-Gage application, try and buy N-Gage games, and provide feedback on the experience.

“Share on Ovi” will allow to Nokia’s users to share photos and videos. The website is based on the technologies created by Twango, a company acquired by Nokia in July 2007.

In fact the launch of the new service was announced on the former Twango blog.   

“First, we are now part of Nokia’s new service brand, “Ovi”.  As of Today, the Twango brand will be a fond memory.  We are now Share on Ovi.  As you can see from looking at the site, we’ve moved to a new look and feel that you will see among all the Ovi services as they roll out’” wrote Jim Laurel, Director, Service Development – Nokia

““Share Online” is a cool application for your Nokia mobile device that allows you to capture photos and videos and upload them to the service directly!  It also allows you to view feeds of media from your contacts and people that are sharing from you, so you can keep in touch with your friends better than ever.  We’ll provide a download link for this software on the Share homepage in the next few days,” he added.

Beside, N-Gage and Share on Ovi, Nokia’s Ovi portal includes also Nokia Music Store and Nokia Maps.