Nokia Ovi Store
Total Apps: (1,753)
Opened: May 26, 2009
Without carrier subsidies to make them as cheap as competitors like the iPhone, Nokia’s smartphones don’t enjoy the same degree of popularity here in the U.S. as they do in other countries. But that hasn’t kept many international developers from helping to fill up Nokia’s little known Ovi store, which offers about two thirds of the volume BlackBerry boasts.
Unfortunately, the Ovi Store still feels a little rough around the edges. Up until recently, for instance, you couldn’t even re-download purchased content in the event of a phone upgrade or erasure. And without much careful vetting from Nokia, some apps, like Easy Wi-Fi, seem to slip through the cracks with a multitude of problems. (Half the reviews on the program claim it wouldn’t work, necessitated a hard reboot of a phone, or even caused the battery to get hot – not the sort of app we would typically see on Apple or even Google’s stores.)
And like BlackBerry’s store, you can’t seem to catch much of a bargain on the Ovi Store. A large percentage of apps, even niche ones like an English-Spanish-Romanian dictionary, cost money. We found a total of 67 free games – rather sparse considering the size of the store as a whole.
All apps on the Ovi Store can be viewed and downloaded online.
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