http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/ Engadget Comments for Nokia's Ovi Store overwhelmed at launch, apology issued http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Lets us c if NOKLA can pick up the ball....]]>May 27th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
The Ovi Store is going to have a huge drop off in traffic in a few weeks after users get bored with it. Why does a Nokia user have to go to the Ovi Store? Can't they just download their apps and games like they've been doing for the past 10 years or so from hundreds of other sites?]]>May 27th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
@sr, you jumped of the nokia bandwagon and then you claim to have still 2 S60 phones. Make up your mind.]]>May 27th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Sure. You missed a consolidated app store, Nokia's best refresh in years and some really good phones.

Go you.

As for Ovi, it's working fine now. I've downloaded about ten apps already! :)]]>May 27th 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
No, I mean ten out of the selection. Of course I'd already downloaded Shozu, vTap and Google Maps from the other Ovi independent sources that let me so wasn't constrained to one provider's selection.

Good that, isn't it? :)]]>May 27th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Anyone remember when Mobile Me came out and it died on launch? Fanbois? Anyone? No.... thought not.]]>May 27th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Looks to me like Nokia cant stand their customers..]]>May 27th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/ok ... so now whats your point ... why even bother leaving a comment?]]>May 27th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
You should have posted this as a reply 2 the first comment..

You fail like Nokla Ovilation store....]]>May 27th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/Trolling Apple posts and going as far as following people around in threads. Just ignore him.]]>May 27th 2009 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Want a fail? iPhone sales in Asia.]]>May 27th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
My bet is on door number 3, which is that they ran into unexpected glitches that have little or nothing to do with actual amounts of traffic.

That said, neither you nor I know that Nokia's seeing heavy demand, so you're just speculating.]]>May 27th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
the only reason iPhone sales in China are low is because there are about 100 different iClones..

Nokia only has NOKLA... one clone because no one cares about shite nokia]]>May 27th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Not because the iPhone was overpriced, underspec'd, and that people over there care about what their phones do, more than how it made them look.]]>May 27th 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
A noob callin' someone else a Noob, Iphonediots.


And maybe sales aren't doing so good is because there's not alot of difference between clones and the crap phone so the price alobne worth gettin' a KIRF of that phone.


You STFU.]]>May 27th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
China is one of the most image-conscious countries out there. That's why KIRF *everything* is so popular. Huge numbers of consumers who only care about the brand name on the product because they want to show off to their friends.

Of course, this isn't true about all of Asia, but China IS the most populous country...]]>May 27th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Use your android phone or Nokia or whatever, it's great. I'll use my iPhone which I think is great. Whatever features it lacks, I obviously don't need. Maybe your needs are different than a large majority of other people who are happy with it or maybe you have never even used one. I can tell you one thing, I could care less about the logo. It seems that you care about the logo, though, and therefore will bash a product based on that logo.

One more thing... Apple failed like this to some degree when they launched the iPhone 3G and the systems were crawling. They also failed with MobileMe at first. Nokia failed now. All companies fail at some point... Then they fix it and life moves on.]]>May 27th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
One reason is that the apps aren't quite as appealing over there. Bounce, Koi and Supermonkeyball stay great, but your foodie or taxi ordering apps don't work. Even Google Maps got most Hong Kong streets mapped IIRC only a year ago, and then many businesses aren't listed. In the end, you're not getting as much out of your iPhone as you would in, say, New York, so that Touch Diamond 2, E71 or just saving some money and geting a 5800 is a lot more attractive. ]]>May 27th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Live by the sword, die by the sword. It's only fair that if they get a lot of publicity for new products, they also get lots of publicity for failures. But you must have been living under a rock to make such a clueless comment.]]>May 27th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
Fine, the technical launch itself was a failure. But either way, the headline was misleading (and has been subsequently changed, I've noticed).]]>May 27th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
"Nokia has apologized for the gaff and has reportedly added server capacity to handle the demand. Question is: is the fix working?"

So you did not tested it? right?
...

It works fine today for me.]]>May 27th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/11/itunes-activation-servers-go-down-iphone-3g-customers-being-sen/

btw, works fine for me]]>May 27th 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
and one more thing that really pissed me off yesterday. i "purchased" twittix for 99 cents yesterday. i launch it only to find out that i just paid for a demo app! WTF?!!! if you want the whole app, you need to go to the twittix goddamn website and pony up another $5 to have the privilege of using their app beyond the demo period. how in the hell could nokia let this slip through on day one of launching their app store when they have so few apps available on their now? this doesn't look good at all.]]>May 27th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/So is apple app store now standard by which app stores r meaured,?]]>May 27th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/May 27th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/

What?


Btw, that is also what the doc said when you where born.]]>May 27th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/Let me do the math: Applications (172) + Games (96) = 268.. Okay i'll be nice + all the other stuff nobody needs (289) = 557
And, by the way, how could they possible say: 'We have almost as many items as the App Store has', if you also music as a item? Like the Itunes Store doesn't have any music to buy. I'm confused..]]>May 27th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/nokias-ovi-store-launch-largely-deemed-a-failure/
At least Nokia got a lot of (bad) PR for their Ovi store. I mean they opened it up pretty much without saying a word, too bad they still managed to fuck it up... Same thing happened with N-Gage though not over a one night. I mean a lot of people know what N-Gage is but the associations with it aren't exactly great.

It's the next six to nine months that are crucial. If people aren't really using it by Christmas I'd say it's all over for Ovi AND I still hate that stupid name. Why did they have to come up with it, I will never understand.]]>May 27th 2009 1:12PM