You choose the right tool for the job. That's as true with carpentry as it is with software. After all, if you want to sing “I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing” then you choose Karen Carpenter, and not a bandsaw. It's the same with online smartphone stores. Ewan has some thoughts about where the success of the Ovi Store will lie.
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But to achieve that there is still a lot to be done on ovi store. And they should strive to become more than a new jamba with ovi and breath new life in the Symbian software community.
What I see now is that the basics are there, but a lot keeps the ovi store from striving. I've downloaded (and bought) a couple of items and that worked good and easy. But:
- in the first week not a single item was added for my phone (e51)
- there are different items available depending on the language I set the store to, e.g. 742 in German and 910 in English. But I wouldn't mind using both English and German apps...
- a lot of good stuff is missing, e.g. mobbler, opera, google applications etc.
- Curiously also missing are Nokias applications like sportstracker
- I can not re-download apps and see no mechanism to get updated versions of apps (or be notified when there is an update available)
- an integration into ovi suite to download via pc is needed for those without data plans
- ngage games still missing
On the positive side:
- good overall buying/downloading experience
- works on my mac and probably also linux (unlike music store)
- today newly designed ovi.com page went live, looks much cleaner and is now fully translated to German (so I can tell my dad about this ovi thing 😉
- the 'my stuff' panel is quite useful
- channels look useful once they start being populated (there is a first one called 'nokia recommends'
Ovi Store and 'success'... in the same sentence? Madness!
"I'd like to teach the world to sing" was the New Seekers.
Yes, but then by pointing this out you're ruining Ewan's joke/pun. What? It wasn't very funny in the first place? Ah. Good point! 8-)
slitchfield wrote:Yes, but then by pointing this out you're ruining Ewan's joke/pun. What? It wasn't very funny in the first place? Ah. Good point! 8-)
Ewan must have been trying to think of "Top of the World" by the Carpenters. I'm sure Ewan was born after the early 70s though, so I'll let him off.
On the Ovi store, at least in my country, all ringtones are 5 euros each, and wallpapers (not themes, not wallpaper packs, just single wallpapers) sell for as high as 3 euros. 25 euros for an audio-book of Angels and Demons!
This doesn't look like Wal-Mart to me. The Ovi Store is OK for apps, but I wouldn't touch the other stuff with a 10-foot pole.
good points "rvirga" . However you forgot to mention the silly Java apps clustered all around the store.
Half a dozen rambling paragraphs to convey one sentence of obvious information.
I'm quite unhappy with the fact that you can't re-install apps you have purchased. I bought Can't Stop Solitaire (it's still not cheap in Ovi Store) couple of days ago. Then I realized the Ovi app on my 5800 XM default installed the game to my memory card. Not that it's anything wrong, but I usually like to install the software onto the main memory instead. So I un-installed the game, taking for granted that I can re-download the game again. Much to my horror, I can't. I have reported this issue, and they made me fill up a lengthy service report, and still have not gotten back to me on whether I can re-download the game I paid for.
I hope this gets fixed soon (meaning they should allow re-downloads). Otherwise, I most likely will shy away from Ovi Store. Buying an app directly from the publisher or from Handango or Symbiangear is a much more pleasant experience - you can download the software again and again as much as you want.
Shelter wrote:I'm quite unhappy with the fact that you can't re-install apps you have purchased. I bought Can't Stop Solitaire (it's still not cheap in Ovi Store) couple of days ago. Then I realized the Ovi app on my 5800 XM default installed the game to my memory card. Not that it's anything wrong, but I usually like to install the software onto the main memory instead. So I un-installed the game, taking for granted that I can re-download the game again. Much to my horror, I can't. I have reported this issue, and they made me fill up a lengthy service report, and still have not gotten back to me on whether I can re-download the game I paid for.I hope this gets fixed soon (meaning they should allow re-downloads). Otherwise, I most likely will shy away from Ovi Store. Buying an app directly from the publisher or from Handango or Symbiangear is a much more pleasant experience - you can download the software again and again as much as you want.
I just wanted to confirm this. I actually did it as an experiment because I wanted to know. I bought a cheap game I didn't care about and deleted it. It is listed in the MyStuff section, so OVI knows I bought it, but I cannot redownload it.
So lets recap...
No technical description of apps.
No screen shots
No trial downloads, even when such exists.
And, if the program is damaged, corrupted or deleted or you factory reset, you are out of luck.
I'd say the title of this thread is true. Nice spin to make it sound like a strategy. 🙄
Well I found out what this not being able to redownload is all about:
I have just found out from Nokia that, although they have pushed the software to NAM edition phones, they do not consider the NAM OVI store officially open and some parts of the infrastructure do not work. One of the things that does not work is the ability to redownload by sending yourself an SMS with a link.
If you have a NAM phone and are operating in North America, I recommend you hold off until official launch.
The 2nd tier helpdesk person I spoke to had no official date, but thought it would be coincident with the release of the N97.
Maybe some of the other problems will be resolved too.