Nokia Ovi Store now live everywhere
By Chris Ziegler 
posted May 26th 2009 2:02AM
posted May 26th 2009 2:02AM
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I'm so addicted to engadget. :)
Then I recommend my 3 step program to curing your addiction:
The first step involes walking off a sheer 1,000 foot cliff.
Don't worry about the second or third step. No one ever needs those.
Hmm...now that I think about it, that might be my 3 step program to stopping annoying first posts. Oh well.
Extravagant Burn!
I Think you sir need a towel because you got rinsed
This app is available for your Nokia handset. Click.... .... ..... ....
This app is NOT available for your Nokia handset.
Nokia can build an app store, but they still can't get the look and feel quite right. I guess using a copier in place of R&D can only take you so far.
What the heck do they even need an Ovi app store for? You can get applications for Symbian cellphones all over the internet. They don't need the store to generate hardware sales like Apple since they're the market leader. No point in using the same business model as Apple, because the Nokia user is nothing like an iPhone user. I be waiting for the press to call this a huge failure. Especially if it's going to be compared to the Apple App Store.
@ iphonerulz
"No point in using the same business model as Apple, because the Nokia user is nothing like an iPhone user"
Right you are. Nokia users don't know what the underside of Steve Jobs' chode tastes like.
I'm checking now and if nokia doesnt give me anything new for free than im done with nokia forever. Apple has tons of free apps and game and nokia has none, i just checked downloads I dont see ovi store? maybe im not doing something right...
You.
Are.
Hilarious.
Do you wish to download ovi store for faster browsing.....yes "this Item is no longer available"
Trying to download the Ovi store program via the link in my 5800 browser, but it says that it isn't available anymore! doh!
If anyone has got a nokia 5800XM, what process have you used to download the Ovi store application? I had a browse around the store itself on my laptop, and its not really that great at the moment, did notice they had 666 apps available for my phone apparently.
Heh heh.... sounds like this thing is a complete disaster. Figures.....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/26/AR2009052600855.html
@roole
You mean like MobileMe was?
Anyway...
As most Nokia smartphone owners know, Nokia's first attempt at firmware/software is usually a bit crap. The good news is that they're very quick at fixing and improving things so I expect Ovi to evolve over the coming months.
That said, it's not been a glorious launch and Nokia's PR department would have been better spinning this out as a Beta rather than proclaiming it as a milestone. This is further evidence that Nokia's marketing department are absolutely rubbish and need to be emptied as soon as possible.
Ok its garbage so far, i can't find the ovi store app to download, so if i browse the site it wants to send a text message then I have to download the app, it asks me to sign in from my phone and then tells me password invalid
wtf
You can download the app when it appears in the Download! store. The link to download the Ovi store is not working at the moment for some reason.
The link your clicking on is to send the specific app to your phone to download...it'll just direct you to the website.
Maybe someone can just find a ovi store .sis file and upload it somewhere for us
try typing in http://store.ovi.com into your device's mobile browser -- that should take you to a XHTML site for Ovi Store.
I do that, it asks me to login, I login i select an app it sends my phone a text i click the text, it asks for a login and pass, I put the same one in and it says its wrong =/
Id rather just have the nokia store app on my phone, but its not in downloads for me
Wow, some of the apps from the website seem pathetic. The store is just like MOSH, most, if not all, of the apps are java ports :( . No wonder Nokia said it had plenty of apps already.
"Device incompatible"? garbage! Nokia E71x should be totally compatible. Nokia needs to support the USA now!
Sadly, this is why you need to buy unlocked phones. E71 is definitely supported, E71x probably isn't yet because AT&T hasn't come to an agreement on deployment/billing. :(
Via PCMag (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2347648,00.asp):
"No US carrier branded phones work with the Ovi Store. That said, the signed agreement with AT&T will allow Nokia devices available through AT&T (like Nokia E71x) to access the Ovi Store in the future," Nokia spokesman Joe Gallo said.
Maybe its time to go back to the iphone , I am seriously let down. I expected a few free games or apps like apple has. sigh
Jeeze, your posts are annoying. How about you stop whining that there aren't free apps until you actually get to the Ovi store. You're statements make no sense. First you complain that they better have free apps or you're done with Nokia, then right after that you magically decide that there are no free apps when there clearly are (there's an entire section for it). Then you declare it as garbage. Then we find out you still don't have access to it. Just take a breath and have some patience, it just went live a few hours ago, there's going to be some hiccups. In the meantime, just browse the site on your computer. Although, honestly, I don't think you deserve to.
Look asshat the ovi store is online you can browse the apps that way or via the app, ive seen the apps online at the store, they suck. But considering how much my stupid nokia phone costs I would at least like to preform some of the normal functions Iphone users get ok?
Who's the asshat, me or the guy complaining that there aren't any free apps when there's an entire section devoted to it? On top of that you have 6 posts asking people how to get the Ovi app, when the article has nothing to do with downloading the app. It clearly states "Nokia recommends that you hit up store.ovi.com from your phone's browser". The article never even mentioned downloading the app because more morons like you would be going "I can't find it, Nokia sucks". So, again, relax. The download app just isn't available in your region yet. Use the browser in the meantime.
Regardless the store has nothing worth the effort really and is a major let down
Its the march of apple middleaged juvenile delinquets, please ignore them.
I just downloaded it through Download! You may have to hit refresh content for it come up.
I've not had time to look at it properly but on the face of it I like the look of it. You will need an Ovi account though if you don't have one already.
My bet is that it'll be like most Nokia software - a bit clunky to begin with but awesome after an update.
Its a lie i sure you don't have a nokia nor an iphone, you just want attention
digitallysick please just die
@digitallysick, if you get the Ovi Store client through Download!, then you can filter content by "Free Only" using the left softkey menu. Just click "Options"
can't get the client through download, doesnt show it for me in downloads
Am I the only one who thinks that Chris is way too lenient in classifying a story as "breaking"?
Like... cripes!
It's a cellphone blog. Breaking news is going to consist of stories such as the activation of an online app store that people have been waiting over a year for and could possibly make or a break a major phone corporation.
No... this is a gadget blog. Engadget Mobile is a cell phone blog.
@digitallysick, it might depend on your device in terms of what folder the client becomes available in and when it becomes available. if you have an extras folder, you could look there for client download/installer.
hey everybody i can see ovi icon in my download section its working gr8
Site seems to be down.
I can't get the page to load.
Ummm yeah it's working great for me on my e71. I've downloaded about 10 free apps. Some are ok, some are great, some suck. Such is life. But yeah I'm just downloading the free ones at this stage.
Great, OVI store has just appeared in my Download! section :) downloading and checking out now. Those having problems should go to Options -> Refresh Content once in the Download! section, and it should appear (hopefully)
sweet.. it's working for me now.
thanks for the tip.
using it on my 5800
Cheers fella. That worked a treat.
From the Ovi Store app, I go to launch it, and it stays on Loading... for about 1.5 minutes, then comes up with Socket Closed! message. Does anyone else get this problem??
Nevermind, went into the app a couple more times and all is working now! Guess Nokia servers must be taking a beating right now.
Ok, had a good look around. By far, the best free application on the Ovi store at the moment is QIK! Works amazingly well on the Nokia 5800 with the live stream and geotagging. I know it was on the MOSH service before, but it felt a lot better downloading through the Ovi store.
No content for N73. Is this an error? Is the store only targeted at certain models? Does it hate me?
If you click on "not my model" you will see the full list of all the models supported - N73 should be in there
wow it's so slow takes 4-5 mins to brows 2-3 apps on pc not on the phone
Seems really slow so far.
Have been browsing the store, looks good but a bit slow at the moment - so much better then MOSH was
All I get is " The Service is not yet available in your area " - Pakistan
The Ovi Store is definitely up and working... I've included some basic instructions for those with access and for those without some first impressions....
http://greenerdesktop.com/465/nokias-ovi-store-first-impressions
So far it looks good, even on my E71.
Wow! the store on pc is Overloaded, traffic is so high, its really slow... Anyway there is a huge load of free apps for my n78... its Nice, very organised, I love it... w00t!!!
No working for me here (Bahrain):
Permission denied
This service is not available in your area.
I've installed it on my E71. It's soooo sluggish.
The new Nokia Ovi App store is very slow to use.
I'm sure they would have known that millions of people would visit the store, so they have been
more scalable.
Regards Robert
Unfortunately, it seems like there is a problem with people who already have Nokia Accounts (according to TC).
If you made one before the store launch, it's not recognizing you as a valid account holder... yet.
Nokia E71x: Many failed Installs and certificate errors. I got the "SMS Preview" app to install, but other apps had issues.
Wasn't Facebook one of the apps that they advertised on the preview ?
What a surprise, it's not there.
Why do you want it? It's already in Download! since like half a year ago
@Alexx
that's not a Facebook app. That's the mobile optimized version of Facebook which we already have through Nokia's browser. And it sucks
Installed on my E71. It alternates between "sluggish" and "unavailable". When it does work, honestly, I don't see how Nokia can hope for it to make any kind of impact vis-a-vis Apple's App Store or Blackberry App World or whatever they are thinking they're up against. Too little, too late.
Eh. I find Ovi on my N95-4 to be roughly equal to the Blackberry App World on my 8830: good for users/developers, but in no way the smooth, effortless experience that they need to be to fully compete with the iPhone App Store at the platform/device level re: excitement and publicity for the manufacturer.
With such a high global smartphone marketshare , nokia should have zero problems beating iPhone zero to billion record which took 10 months ,right????
Truth is it'll take nokia about 3 years to hit that even with 45% global smartphone control.
I can access http://store.ovi.com/ but I don't see Ovi anywhere in Download!... I'm in Canada btw.
Is there a way anyone can upload an Ovi.sis file instead?
500 applications available during launch and estimated 50MLN userbase - this sounds like a mismatch and could start a gold rush now.
we already port a number of our apps and have customers pinging us about doing it also