Products & Services
Ovi Store goes live
By Mike on 26 May 2009
GLOBAL – Today is one of those monolithic milestones for Nokia and the advancement of mobiles, as Ovi Store has officially gone live. It’s a moment that many believe (including all of us here on Conversations) is set to spark a rapid evolution in the way we all use our mobile devices – exploring the depths of what your device is capable will be far easier with Ovi Store now primed to be the one-stop hub to let you soak up bite-size bits of free and paid-for content and apps.
Read on for more details about Ovi Store and find out how to access it on your Nokia phone today.
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How to get Ovi store on your Nokia phone today
You can download the Ovi Store mobile app by simply selecting the Ovi Store icon in the Download folder on your device. Or you can get to the Ovi Store by simply visiting store.ovi.com on your phone.
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There is a mountain of mobile content already available for you to download to your phone, enabling you to flesh out your handset with new talents, ranging from innovative new location-based services to podcasts, videos, games, and heaps more.
More than 50 Nokia devices are compatible with the service from day one, with stacks more slated to roll out over time – Nokia estimates that around 50 million people with Nokia devices will be able to benefit from Ovi Store right now.
Here’s what Tero Ojanperä, Executive Vice President, Nokia Services, had to say about Ovi Store going live today:
“Ovi Store is open for business and we’ve stocked the shelves with both local and global content for a broad range of Nokia devices. Ovi Store makes shopping for content and applications easy and fun for feature phone and smartphone owners alike.”
This is a landmark moment in the evolution of mobile services, so make sure you go and explore the new Ovi Store on your Nokia device, and let us know what you think. Let us know what apps you’re downloading, highlight any hidden gems and share your experience with the Ovi Store with us here on Conversations – we’d love to know what your reckon to it.
There’s loads of free stuff to get you started, so try it out and share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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May 26th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Looking pretty clean, other than a couple of issues I notice:
1) Before logging in I had the option to choose my phone as it appears to default to the 5800 Xpress Music. Once logged in my account was set to the 5800 Xpress Music, even thuogh I have been an OVI member for a long long time and have only one phone set up on it N95 8Gb. To change my phone to the correct one I had to go to account. Also in account my phone number had lost the “+” at teh beginning. This has been pulled across form my main OVI account too, without the “+”.
2) Noticed leakage of the main pane into the footer of the page on certain screens.
Over all, looking good though. I class the above as minor teathing issues.
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May 26th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Two things.
There’s a lot of discussion on Twitter.
@ovistore is the place to send comments and queries.
We, @nokconv, have been having a fun time this morning (I’m in Finland today) watching the world light up as folks report back successful (or not) access of the store.
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May 26th, 2009 at 8:00 am
cannot find it on “download”, even after refreshing content.
Im in Finland.
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May 26th, 2009 at 8:13 am
I purchased the twittix app, but the developers forgot to take out the registration code request…
the site is so slowwwwww
but i’m very happy it’s live now, I wish the best for it and expect lot’s of applications from developers!
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May 26th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Store.ovi.com,
Nokia Web browser,
Nokia N95 8GB.
Chose a game to download, it asked me to sign in. After entering username and password and clicking sign in, Web crashed with KERN-EXEC 3.
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May 26th, 2009 at 9:37 am
After some initial hiccups i download my first item from the store – the star trek nokia ringtone
site seems a bit slow
http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2009/05/26/nokia-ovi-store-goes-live-in-some-countries-coming-soon-to-att.html
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May 26th, 2009 at 10:25 am
so good,I like it!!!
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May 26th, 2009 at 11:12 am
For an impartial but more in depth first impressions review of the Ovi Store please visit:
http://greenerdesktop.com/465/nokias-ovi-store-first-impressions
The biggest question hanging on everyone’s lips is it an iPhone store killer?
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May 26th, 2009 at 11:13 am
I’d like to know why the site is so slow … it’s disappointing
telle me why ?
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Jay Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
@NokiaBT, ah, duh, maybe because it’s LAUNCH, and EVERYBODY’S trying to get in at once. Around the world?
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May 26th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Much too slow. App Store on iPhone is faster.
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May 26th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
How can i set Ovi Store to use wifi-connections? It is always using my gsm-connection (no 3g in my office building), even without asking. I cannot find any way to switch connections.
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May 26th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
The most interesting part of this post is an explanation how to get to this store. I bet most of Nokia phone users have no idea where to start.
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May 26th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Where is the Facebook app? This is a necessity! Gravity should be on the site too!
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May 26th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Hi,
Anyone having trouble visiting the store?
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David Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I seem to get an error following the link from http://www.ovi.com at the bottom. Maybe a cookies issue?
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May 26th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Congrats on launching Ovi Guys – it is indeed a monumental day for Nokia and the mobile world! Will Nokia apps be running on non nokia handsets? Is there a roadmap for Ovi?
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May 26th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Well I don’t think many people are too impressed. Check out our initial feelings about it: http://bit.ly/rOCcM
Feel free to comment!
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May 26th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Why do you have to put a “plus” sign in front of your mobile number to validate it? Frustrating and STUPID.
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May 29th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I use Gmail filters to deal with my mail. Along with usernale@gmail.com, you can have username+anytexttofilter@gmail.com.
My Nokia account email address was already set to username+nokia@gmail.com but when I edit my Ovi account to set the correct phone, it insists “E-mail must be a valid e-mail address.”
But it is valid!
Even Wikipedia thinks it is!
“Conversely, many websites make the mistake of checking email addresses too strictly, rejecting addresses containing perfectly valid characters like + or / signs.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address#Validation
Please don’t over-validate. It means I can’t use Ovi.
Thanks!
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May 29th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
The “Suggested for me” and “Show all” dropdowns just briefly flicker then never show again when using Opera 9.64 on Windows XP. So I’m stuck seeing only those categories.
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May 30th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
“This service is not available in your area.This service is not available in your area.”
Why Nokia is always not considering Middle East as a priority market.
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July 15th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Is Ovi Store available in Israel? I’ve been searching for this icon in the Download folder for hours, but haven’t found one. Should it be available for all Nokia devices?
From the post this sounds very nice, and I’m waiting for a moment to try it!
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October 8th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Why haven’t you transferred all the content you have removed from Download! ?
Specifically, there now seems to be no way at all to dowload and install the Mircosoft Windows Live client.
It was formerly only available from Download! and is not available from Ovi Store.
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October 20th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Nokia Ovi is really a great app from NOKIA. Congrats all
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November 1st, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Dear,
How to buy Nokia any model as i live in Jordan
Regards
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