While the previous Ovi Calendar (version 1.6) that was in the Nokia Beta Labs is now in general use, it’s time for the next version to be subject to public test. So Ovi Calendar 2.0 is now available for public testing at the Beta Labs. Adding in new facilities to invite people to meetings and events, attendance at events, manage public calendars, and a raft of user interface tweaks.

From the Beta Labs, the main features of 2.0 are:

Event Management:

• Create your party and other event invitations from Ovi Calendar; pick invitees directly from your address book.
• View invitees attendance status conveniently on the event dashboard.
• Set Event Reminders.
• Invitees can accept directly from the invitation emails.

Subscription Calendars

• Subscribe to your favourite public calendar and see it in Ovi Calendar
• View all your calendars in one single view.

You can get involved via the Beta Labs website, and they strongly encourage you to use a test account of data. While the project is likely to graduate to a “commercial product” in Nokia’s words, using a beta product with sensitive data is not always a smart thing to do.

More on v2.0, and instructions on getting started with it, can be found at the Nokia Beta Labs.