Ovi has come full circle when Nokia announced the beta public availability of the online portal that links its myriad of services under one single entity. Over at the Geek Terminal on the 18th of September, we were given a presentation and demonstration of how Nokia users will be able to fully utilize the Ovi platform for over-the-air syncing of their contacts, calendars, and even remotely retrieving their files from their desktop.

With the first half of 2008 flying past us and Nokia being on track with the introduction of its online services such as Nokia Music Store, N-Gage and Share on Ovi, the Finnish giant has finally unveiled the Ovi platform to the public eyes. Adding on to its repertoire, Ovi now comes with two other services available on Ovi.com, namely Files on Ovi and Nokia Ovi Suite. The latter, if you were to make an educated guess, would bear some semblance to the Nokia PC suite that allows you to seamlessly synchronize your phone’s contacts, calendar and notes to your PC using Outlook as the main conduit. In essence, what you’ll get is an updated PC Suite that utilizes the Ovi platform and connects your

The latest introduction under the Ovi initiative though, would be the Files on Ovi service. Whilst one might wonder the difference between this new service and the current Share on Ovi service, the answer would be apparent in a few matters. For one, Files on Ovi goes one step further to allow remote access to your PC or laptop’s contents with the use of its Anytime File server. To make things simple, imagine an online server that has remote access to any files within your PC as designated by you. With that said and done, you can now access any files from your PC with the use of your Nokia device or through another PC terminal, all you need is an internet connection to get you online and hooked up to Files on Ovi.

The most glaring difference for both Share on Ovi and Files on Ovi, would come in monetary terms. Yes, Files on Ovi works on a subscription basis, with varying charges for different storage capacities and subscription timeline too. For a basic 10GB file storage system, the user will be charged at US$9.99 per month, or if you were to pay an upfront fee for a year, it will cost you up to US$79.99. Larger storage capacities are also available at up to 30GB, which will offset you by US$19.99 per month, or US$149.99 per year.

A question that arises though, will be why should one subscribe and pay for a file-hosting service when you can easily get similar amounts using Google Docs. The reason is simple: a seamless integration of PC, mobile device and the Internet that allows you to access your files anytime, anywhere, with Files on Ovi. Whether Ovi is the door that suits your purposes at the end of the day, will be a question best answered by yourself.