Nokia’s Ovi Store launch today has turned into something of a launch-day fiasco. The launch of the Ovi Store was to be Nokia’s triumphant answer to Apple’s iTunes store and the highly integrated iPhone AppStore. Alas, things didn’t go according to plan. Nokia’s Ovi Store is apparently suffering from server problems, UI funkiness and overall…
Nokia’s Ovi Store officially opened for business!
We knew it will be opened during this week and now we have the official press release! Nokia’s Ovi Store has opened its virtual doors to everyone understanding any of the following languages: English, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish! More than 50 Nokia devices are supported at launch, and users can buys apps and mobile…
Ovi Store Launching This Week
Now that Nokia has wrapped up Mosh, Share, and WidSets, they’re promising to launch the Ovi Store this week, and is, in fact, already live in Australia, Singapore and Ireland. Announced back at Mobile World Congress, the Ovi Store will incorporate aspects of those retired services, but the main goal will be to provide an…
Ovi Share Development Put on Pause
Nokia’s Ovi Store should be rolling out any day now, and as such they have been wrapping up projects like Mosh and WidSets, and now Ovi Share is getting the plug pulled. While Share won’t be shut down, Nokia will be stopping their investments in the media sharing service, while presumably working out how to…
Qik Announces Share on Ovi Integration
Qik, one of the eldest mobile-to-web video services, has announced a tight partnership with Nokia’s Share on Ovi service, so recorded clips and live feeds will be cross-posted to Ovi. Not a bad deal at all, and a perfect fit since Qik has been supporting Nokia devices since the get-go. That close relationship has garnered…
Breaking: N-Gage 2.0 has been released, download now!
Ricky just pinged me to let me know that N-Gage 2.0 is out, if you have a Nokia N95, N95 8GB, N82 or N81 then start your browsers and download.
Jaakko Kaidesoja: NGage launching in a few weeks, 50-60 games out by end of 2008
PocketGamer interviewed Jaakko Kaidesoja, Head of New Experience, Nokia Play, and scored some juicy information. By the middle of this year he expects 20-30 NGage games to be launched, 50-60 by the end of the year. The actual NGage platform will be launched officially in a few weeks, currently it is only available for the…
Nokia launches Share for Ovi while the Flickr riots of 2008 occur
Microsoft offered Yahoo! $44.6 Billion recently and stated its primary intention was to offer some real competition against Google. Flickr, a property which is owned by Yahoo!, is a very popular image hosting site; even I’m a premium member. Flickr users are going absolutely nuts at the thought of Microsoft taking something as good, as…
Brief: NGage cracked, open to all Nseries users
NGage first access for N81 owners only? F**k that. It’s been cracked and thanks to an IM from Ricky over at Symbian Guru you can download it for yourself.
Nokia NGage first access launches, finally: Nokia N81 users only
NGage first access launched, only Nokia N81 users get to play. Seeing as I don’t have an N81, but I know my friends at All About Symbian and Symbian Guru have one I’m going to wait for their reviews to post more information/screenshots/etc. If you do have an N81 however, follow these instructions here on…