Nokia Ovi Store _hot_ Review

Modern smartphones are just shells for their stores. In 2010, Nokia viewed the Ovi Store as an accessory to the phone. Apple viewed the phone as an accessory to the store.

By contrast, an iOS developer paid $99, downloaded Xcode, and submitted an app in a weekend. nokia ovi store

Before the App Store Wars: Revisiting the Nokia Ovi Store (2009–2014) Modern smartphones are just shells for their stores

Why did the Ovi Store fail where others succeeded? Put yourself in the shoes of a 2010 Nokia N97 owner. By contrast, an iOS developer paid $99, downloaded

Why did it fail? And what did it look like to actually use it?

Because of this, the Ovi Store became a wasteland of "Fart apps," one-man Java porting projects, and official apps from banks that looked like they were designed for a 2003 Palm Pilot. By mid-2010, the store boasted 20,000 apps. Apple had 250,000.

Despite high download numbers, the Ovi Store faced significant hurdles: