Nokia Store
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| developer | Microsoft Mobile |
| Current version |
Symbian ^ 3 : 3.30.018 S60 : 1.30.8 S40 : 3.30.2.42 (October 5, 2012) |
| operating system | Symbian , Maemo , Meego , S40 (j2me) |
| License | proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
| http://store.nokia.com/ | |
The Nokia Store (formerly: Ovi Store ) was a sales platform founded in May 2009 by the Finnish company Nokia for content ( apps and media) for their mobile devices, especially smartphones. Contents are available for the operating systems used by Nokia Symbian , Maemo , Meego and Series 40 ( Nokia Asha ). In May 2011 Nokia announced a renaming of all Ovi services. In the future, all corporate services will have “Nokia” in their name. In October 2013 it was announced that as of January 1, 2014, new apps and updates for Symbian and MeeGo could no longer be submitted, but existing apps will be retained. On April 25, 2014, Microsoft took over the store as part of the takeover of Nokia's device division. The store now belonged to the Microsoft Mobile subsidiary and was shut down in January 2015. Some of the available apps will be continued by Opera Mobile. Apps for the Maemo and MeeGo operating systems were not adopted.
concept
In the Nokia Store, applications , games , videos, audio files , images , themes and ring tones were offered for free or for a fee.
The Nokia Store could be accessed via the web browser or via a specially designed app, the Nokia Store Client, which was part of the standard equipment of all newer Nokia mobile devices. Downloading content only worked from a mobile phone. A Nokia user account was required for paid content.
The Nokia Store was a closed system to protect customers from buggy and harmful software. Content had to be explicitly approved by Nokia.
Unlike other providers, the Nokia Store did not have all of the content available for the Symbian ecosystem. Some of them are still traditionally sold on the manufacturers' websites. Purchased content was permanently stored on the server and could be downloaded as often as required.
In May 2011, Nokia introduced the “store-in-store” concept for wireless service providers . Cell phone providers were given their own channel in which they could offer their own services and applications.
600 to 700 employees worked for the store.
Functions
All content could be rated and commented on, recommended as a link to friends via free SMS or sent to your own mobile phone.
With version 2.8 from May 2011 an update function for apps was introduced. Customers could see which programs they installed had updates available and install them all or one at a time.
pay
About half of the apps were free. Paid content could be paid for via the phone bill or credit card (not in countries like China). Purchasing via the phone bill only worked via a mobile connection, i.e. not via WiFi or the like.
The price could be freely chosen by the creator. Depending on the payment method chosen by the customer, the creator received 60 or 70% of the sales price.
growth
The Nokia store was available in 190 countries in 32 localized language versions. There were 100 million registered users worldwide. When it comes to paying by phone bill, Nokia was the market leader by connecting 150 wireless carriers in 50 countries. According to its own information, the Nokia Store recorded more than 140,000 apps in March 2012. In July 2011 there were 50,000 apps. October 2011 saw 10 million downloads per day, 30% of which were from Series 40 devices.
development
Games and applications had to be created with the SDK for Symbian or Meego offered by Nokia . For developing apps, Nokia recommended the Qt cross-platform class library .
closure
On November 20, 2014 Microsoft announced its intention to close the store, and the remaining users are advised to switch to the Opera Mobile Store.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nokia drops the Ovi brand. Computer image, accessed October 9, 2011.
- ↑ Nokia: No new apps for Symbian and MeeGo from 2014. Report to Heise online from October 8, 2013.
- ↑ Opera takes over former Nokia store. Report to Heise Developper from November 19, 2014
- ↑ Opera Mobile Store. Accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nokia clarifies new 60:40 Store rev-share is just for operator billing ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.mobiflip.de/2011/07/nokia-ovi-store-mit-ueber-7-millionen-downloads-am-tag/
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Ovi+Store/news.asp?c=34681
- ↑ Ingo Pakalski: Appstore: Microsoft closes the Nokia Store. Golem.de , November 20, 2014, accessed on November 20, 2014 .
