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My wish list for Nokia’s Ovi Store

So Nokia also announced its upcoming Ovi Store, a centralized content marketplace that will provide applications, games, videos, tones, graphics and more to most Nokia phone owners. It’s practically the same as the Android Marketplace, the Apple App Store and the BlackBerry Application Storefront.

The biggest advantage Nokia has among all other app stores is that it has th largest existing userbase of mobile phone users worldwide which means it potentially has a much bigger market than the iPhone and Blackberry combined. Only if Nokia does it right the first time.

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Here are some of my wish list for the Ovi Store, and please add you own at the comment if you thought of something better:

  • Make the Ovi Store easy to access and easy to use on all Nokia screens (S40 and S60 platforms) — it could be via a mobile-friendly website, a pre-installed widget or an app anyone can download and install on their Nokia phones (including other non-Nokia but S60 phones). If they can do it on all 3, the better.
  • Allow anyone to publish content on the Ovi Store and distribute it for free. Nothing beats free. Imagine paying for a phone and getting thousands of apps for free on top of that — now that’s added value.
  • If free is not viable, please make the apps very affordable — like $0.99 affordable. When I got my Nokai 5800, I scoured the web to look for free and paid apps but the ones that charges for their softwares sell them too expensive (some $50 or more) I don’t think a significant number of people would buy them.
  • Provide multiple payment options or at least support Paypal payments on top of credit cards.

Nokia is already making the right step by providing a centralized repository for all mobile content. It has the potential to make owning a Nokia phone more compelling than just being able to make calls and text at 18 wpm.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

11 Responses

  1. Avatar for TheRohan TheRohan says:

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  3. Avatar for erwinator erwinator says:

    agree.. so far most contents at OVI are still internet based (practically worthless without online connection) and their not as good nor fun those apps at apple’s tsk3..

  4. Avatar for kill3fill3r kill3fill3r says:

    Wow! Happy Birthday Sir Abe!

  5. Avatar for Obed Obed says:

    Yeah, nothing beats free! <3 Belated Happy Birthday Sir Abe :)

  6. Avatar for Mixed Martial Arts Philippines Mixed Martial Arts Philippines says:

    Another competition with Apple

  7. Avatar for Allan Inocente Allan Inocente says:

    I’m curious to know which Nokia phone models will be able to download and install apps/widgets. I am guessing they will only cover touch-based phone models to directly compete with the Apple iphone. Can older Nokia phone models download and install apps too?

  8. Avatar for Andre Marcelo-Tanner Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

    woot! this is big big news
    now nokia/java developers can rake in the bucks vs operators running them dry.
    i hope they can put in good piracy protection.

  9. Avatar for jun jun says:

    happy birthday abe!

  10. Avatar for 50% billig mobil 50% billig mobil says:

    this looks great.. more competition to apple iPhone. is this any cheaper and rich in features than iPhone?

  11. Avatar for taksan taksan says:

    i agree, nokia has a wide market, if they do it right, this will be really BIG.

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