Posts tagged with ovi
Nokia Ovi Store Items
Posted on: Posted on May 8, 2009 8:50 PM
With Nokia’s Ovi Store about to be launched, it looks like Nokia is going to make an effort to take down Apple’s App Store. While Google’s Android Market had 50 selections when it was launched, Nokia says the Ovi Store will have over 20,000 items ready for download, which is a good start, especially since Apple has about 40,000 apps in the App Store. The questions that people are asking is that whether said “items” include ringtones and songs. Obviously that number includes custom apps and WidSets, possibly even N-Gage games. After all, it’s about quality, not so much quantity.
No Ovi Operator Billing In The US
Posted on: Posted on April 29, 2009 6:33 PM
Reports are coming in that Nokia’s Ovi Store in the U.S. will not support operator billing, unlike other countries. Nokia had previously said that nine countries would support the process, which allowed users to bill content downloaded directly to their cell phone bill, including Australia, Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Singapore and Spain. If Nokia did allow operator billing in its Ovi Store, it might actually help in the adoption of its Ovi store, since users wouldn’t have to worry too much about payment. It looks like we’ll have to sit back and see what the outcome of this is.
Nokia Cutting Jobs In Internet Services
Posted on: Posted on April 28, 2009 11:00 AM
It seems that Nokia will cut 360 jobs in its Internet Services unit as it continues to focus on its Ovi Store, which it probably hopes will be a strong competitor to Apple’s App Store. Analysts seem to be predicting that Nokia’s market share will be potentially larger than Apple’s, especially if the mobile phone giant can tap into its 50 million customers, as opposed to the 20 million of Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch devices.
Nokia Widsets Coming To Ovi Store
Posted on: Posted on April 24, 2009 6:45 PM
If you’re the type of person who’s fond of widgets, you’ll certainly have fiddled with Nokia’s WidSets before, which offers a wide variety of apps, games and feeds for phones. Nokia has just announced that it will be rolling WidSets into its Ovi Store, which is quite a logical move, if you sit down and think about it for a moment anyways. The problem is, after it’s integrated into Ovi, will WidSets be tied to Nokia devices only? That is certain caused for concern.
Nokia Ovi Store Demonstrated
Posted on: Posted on April 6, 2009 2:40 PM
Nokia certainly doesn’t want to be left out of the whole “AppStore” fad, and its OVI store should be launched in early May. The service should be integrated with its N97, and should be available for all S40/S60 phones in the future. One of the cooler features of the OVI store is that your (OVI) friends will be able to know what apps you’ve been downloading, and the store will even feature different apps, depending on your network’s interest and also geographical location. The OVI store is also carrier-friendly, so carriers can tailor a design a feature apps on the store. The good news for users who don’t want to provide their credit card info and there will be a unified billing system, cutting down the hassle.
Nokia Ovi Store To Work With Carriers?
Posted on: Posted on March 24, 2009 1:49 PM
Folks over at the Forum Nokia Code Camp in Jakarta got a nice little nugget of information that they probably weren’t expecting, and that’s details on the launch of Nokia’s Ovi Store. Apparently Nokia will be launching the store with carriers in countries such as the UK, Italy, Singapore, Germany, Australia, Spain, the USA, Russia and Ireland. If you were to purchase applications from the store in those countries, it will be billed to your cell phone subscription bill, strongly hinting that Nokia will have some sort of revenue sharing model with carriers. It would certainly be much easier for users to purchase apps this way, as they won’t have to go through the hassle of paying by credit card. It certainly seems like a smart move by Nokia.
Qik Announces Ovi Support
Posted on: Posted on March 11, 2009 12:49 PM
Qik is certainly a veteran on the mobile-to-web video scene, and it has taken one step closer to dominance by announcing a partnership with Nokia’s Share on Ovi service. According to the partnership, recorded clips and live feeds will be cross-posted to Ovi, which isn’t too bad. It should be noted that Qik has been supporting Nokia devices from the start, so it really shouldn’t be too much of a surprise to hear that Qik has a fairly good place on the upcoming Ovi Store. It’s good to see that Qik isn’t resting on its laurels and is actively thinking of new ways to stay ahead of the pack.
Nokia Ovi Store MWC 2009
Posted on: Posted on February 16, 2009 9:56 AM
Nokia has announced its own version of an online application store in the form of the Ovi Store, which not only serves applications, but also content to S40 and S60 users. With the Ovi Store, it will be easier for developers to publish their work and it also makes it much easier for users to find relevant content on the Ovi Store. The first phone to support this service will be Nokia’s N97 (which will be available in June 2009). The Ovi Store will be going live in May 2009, which is just a few months away from now.