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Re: Mobilebeat2009: Nokia to shed light on OVI mess and more

links of london — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:20:32 -0000

Here, I want to say: you are successful, I hope you will do better!

Re: Mobilebeat2009: Nokia to shed light on OVI mess and more

trapster — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:06:52 -0000

We make Trapster, and our experience was different than the one above. Our app was available at the launch of the Ovi Store. We've done about 15 releases on the iPhone App Store, and several on Ovi and BlackBerry App World and Android Market. The overall experience with the Ovi Store has been pleasant and painless for us, with a quick review process, and we've gotten all the help we need from Nokia. As our app can really benefit from background processing, we are hopeful for a big uptake on the N97.

Re: Mobilebeat2009: Nokia to shed light on OVI mess and more

Claire Nelson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:38:25 -0000

Do you have any stats on percent of cell phone users who download paid apps? Either Nokia users or just average cell phone users? Thanks!

Re: Mobilebeat2009: Nokia to shed light on OVI mess and more

hisyamhalim — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:41:07 -0000

Hi Matt

Just to give you a heads up on the Ovi store.

1. Our free app Rseven (backup & sync service) is on the first page in the Most Popular & Suggested For Me section since debut on 11 Jul.
2. The statistics report is not updated yet, so far the Free Download stat still shows zero. These statistics are supposed to be updated every 24 hours.
3. The default view if you go the store shows apps available for the E71 (S60 3rd Edition) - now has 1095 content. If you select the N97 (S60 5th Edition) it has 947 content.
4. The QA process is quite painless, we failed the first time after waiting 21 days for the QA process due to some multi language display issues. But after fixing it, it took them one day to pass the app.
5. Ask him about the operator billing process, because the developer may only get as low as 35% share because the operator already takes 50% of the revenue.

Good luck tomorrow!

Re: Mobilebeat2009: Nokia to shed light on OVI mess and more

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:47:36 -0000

Read the nokia forum posts from developers and you'll see that things have gotten worse not better.

Re: Mobilebeat2009: Nokia to shed light on OVI mess and more

Payam @oviapplications — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:41:36 -0000

As someone that maintains a blog about Ovi applications (www.oviapplications.com), I am really looking forward to this session. The fact that Nokia continues to ignore some of the challenges with the store and the overall quality of the apps available is frustrating.

take a look at the category distribution at the Ovi store and you will realize that there is a room for lot more growth. http://bit.ly/18zKva