Ovi Store hits 3 million downloads a day
Nokia's chatting up the fact that it just broke the 3 million download per day milestone in its Ovi Store , backed up by 400,000 new developers in the last 12 months alone and a total of 92 developers who've crossed the 1 million total download mark. Interestingly, the download rate pales in comparison to Apple's App Store, which is raking in over 17 million downloads a day at last count -- despite the fact that Nokia still dominates market share and boasts Ovi Store compatibility with some 126 (yes, 126) models
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: central, engadget, meego, mobile, offerings, ovi, ovi store, ovistore, source, symbian, times
Ovi Store warmed over with fresh look, new features
Nokia's Ovi Store got a little more awesome this week thanks to a makeover that brought a handful of minor changes -- nothing Earth-shattering by any stretch, but in this app-centric mobile world we're now an inseparable part of, we figure that every little bit helps. Actually, they've made changes both to the mobile and desktop clients, with the mobile side focusing on better and easier access to details about apps that you're looking at buying; they've also switched from a three-star rating system to five stars based on user feedback
Nokia Ovi Maps with free turn-by-turn navigation hands-on
Now that we've heard the big news from Nokia's London press event, it's only natural to get our hands dirty with the upgraded Ovi Maps. The preloaded map does indeed load much quicker than its old network counterpart, and hey, did we mention it's free too
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: break, features, friend-via, hands, hands on, nokia, ovi maps, ovistore, photos, Redesign, result, upgraded
Nokia Ovi press event this Thursday, ‘big news’ promised
If you're a Nokia lover who is currently jealous of all the Apple fans and their current state of delicious expectation , we're happy to say that now you too can savor a little anticipation. Nokia is sending out invitations to an event this Thursday, January 21, indicating it will "share some big news with you." Well, not with you exactly, but rather with us media-types, and you can be sure we will then pass it along posthaste. But what will Nokia be sharing?
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, big-news, entry, invitations, nokia ovi store, ovi store, ovistore, posthaste, pressannouncement, sending-out
Nokia’s Maemo Ovi Store looking rickety, ‘beta’ label well-deserved
Bugs are to be expected in brand-new apps and platforms -- particularly when they're clearly marked with a "beta" sign -- but it starts to get a little hairier when there's money involved. One of the early crowd favorites in Nokia's Ovi Store for Maemo appears to be the game Angry Birds, which is available with a €3 level pack -- problem is, plenty of folks have discovered a way around actually paying the cash, which becomes a big problem for the developer very, very quickly. The level pack has since been removed, probably the best move until Nokia can figure out what's going on here and issue a patch
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: angry-birds, apps, beta, bug, flaw, looking-rickety, n900, ovi, ovi store, ovistore, result
Nokia N900 gets first software update, but don’t expect much
Nokia has announced that it has started pushing the N900's very first post-launch update, but apparently it's not anything crazy like Maemo 6 (yeah, we know it's not even close to ready, but you know you want it) or system-wide portrait orientation support -- instead, it's just a minor bump designed to prepare the set for the upcoming launch of the Maemo-flavored Ovi Store . That's great news for anyone looking for a more unified way to get paid apps on the phone, a significant step towards making Maemo a more consumer-friendly platform than it is at the present. Look for the update to be available globally within the next day or so, both over-the-air and via Nokia Software Update on your desktop
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: entry, failure, maemo-flavored, n900, news, nokia, ovi store, ovistore, result, success
Nokia’s Ovi Store now available on AT&T, still not competitive
As revealed by Ralph de la Vega at AT&T's CES Developer Summit this morning ( liveblog here ) and singled out by CNET, Nokia's flailing and heretofore not-available-on-AT&T Ovi Store is finally available on Ma Bell, complete with direct billing. As of today, Nokia users can snag the usual assortment of apps, games, and ringtones and have the purchases billed directly to their mobile carrier
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: access-the-ovi, at and t, at t, atandt, att, entry, ovi store, ovistore, snag-the-usual, surge, the-purchases