Comments on: App Stores: How hard can it be? [Nokia Ovi Store]

By: The Really Mobile Project » Blog Archive » Ovi Store: ‘Comes Without Customer Service’

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:28:22 +0000

[...] week ago I made my first Ovi Store purchase. I’d played around with it on launch day and voiced my concerns, but to be fair to Nokia the download and install of free apps did work well. So… time to [...]

By: The Really Mobile Project » Blog Archive » The HTC Magic; 3 steps from perfect

Thu, 28 May 2009 22:01:06 +0000

[...] Then there is of course Google’s own app store, the Android Marketplace. The few games and apps I’ve downloaded have proven useful and fun in equal measure. Extra points go to both Robo Defense and Abduction for quenching my Flight Control thirst that I seem to have acquired of late. The paid apps were simple enough to purchase too. I was hoping for operator billing to handle it all on the back end, but instead found that it was all run through Google Checkout. However, I popped my debit card details in once and that’s it, job done. Perhaps Ovi could learn something here, what do you say Ben? [...]

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:52:26 +0000

Seems to be working OK now. Not spectacular, but functional.

Main issue now is the apps. I want new stuff.

As a paid-up Symbian fanboy I have stuff like Gravity, Mobbler, Shozu, Opera Mini, Nimbuzz, Truphone, SymTorrent, Mobitubia, etc, already.

To be fair you get about the same range of apps on iPhone, Blackberry, WinMo, Android, and Symbian. Anything that gets popular on one platform will be ported to all the others pretty quickly.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:52:00 +0000

Seems to be working OK now. Not spectacular, but functional.Main issue now is the apps. I want new stuff.As a paid-up Symbian fanboy I have stuff like Gravity, Mobbler, Shozu, Opera Mini, Nimbuzz, Truphone, SymTorrent, Mobitubia, etc, already.To be fair you get about the same range of apps on iPhone, Blackberry, WinMo, Android, and Symbian. Anything that gets popular on one platform will be ported to all the others pretty quickly.

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:45:05 +0000

I've always considered it to be a premium property… so a pretty exclusive brand.

It's a pretty expensive area… and, yes (before the inevitable jibes), this is because I charge by the square inch…

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:45:00 +0000

I've always considered it to be a premium property… so a pretty exclusive brand.It's a pretty expensive area… and, yes (before the inevitable jibes), this is because I charge by the square inch…

By: PatrickatJPR

PatrickatJPR — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:22:40 +0000

Ben please can you clarify what your backside will be used to advertise?

(Sorry to reduce the conversation to this – but I feel it's an important question!)

By: PatrickatJPR

PatrickatJPR — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:22:00 +0000

Ben please can you clarify what your backside will be used to advertise?(Sorry to reduce the conversation to this – but I feel it's an important question!)

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:52:00 +0000

Seems to be working OK now. Not spectacular, but functional.

Main issue now is the apps. I want new stuff.

As a paid-up Symbian fanboy I have stuff like Gravity, Mobbler, Shozu, Opera Mini, Nimbuzz, Truphone, SymTorrent, Mobitubia, etc, already.

To be fair you get about the same range of apps on iPhone, Blackberry, WinMo, Android, and Symbian. Anything that gets popular on one platform will be ported to all the others pretty quickly.

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:45:00 +0000

I’ve always considered it to be a premium property… so a pretty exclusive brand.

It’s a pretty expensive area… and, yes (before the inevitable jibes), this is because I charge by the square inch…