Began, the Ovi Store has
I was surfing net at Starbucks last night when I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out 3 letters. Ovi. Yes, Nokia Ovi store is now open worldwide. If you recall my Nokia N97 review, I mentioned that I tried accessing the Ovi store on the demo unit but failed. I thought the Ovi store will be open next with together with the launch of their flagship N97. Didn’t expect them to be open a week ahead of the launch.
This is indeed exciting news. Afterall, nowadays apps plays an important role in smartphones. Applications can extend the capabilities of your smartphone. iPhone’s Apps store is a huge success with over 1 billion apps being downloaded in nine months. Other smartphone operating system like Android and Blackberry has also launched their version of apps store. Apps store is the way to go for all smartphone. The Ovi store, like all apps store, allows users to browse for application and download the apps directly using the phone. No need to connect to the computer or transfer to memory card like in the olden days.
Singapore is one of the few selected countries with a dedicated Ovi Store which is specially customized to local users. (Other countries with dedicated Ovi Store includes Australia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia and the United Kingdom) We should be able to see some of the localized applications like Straits Times, iGV, SG Buses and SGX in the dedicated Ovi Store for Singapore. On top of that, Singapore is also one of the few countries that supports operator billing. Which means that you can pay for your apps on your phone bill. Currently, this service is only available to Starhub users. But Nokia will make further announcement on operator support in coming weeks.
Do check out the Ovi Store if you are free, especially if you are considering buying a smart phone soon. Its still pretty new, but you can expect more exciting application coming soon.
PS: I was kidding about the “great disturbance in the Force”. I’m not a Jedi yet although I wish I know Jedi mind trick. Haha. In case you are wondering, the “millions of voices” I heard is from Twitter. 
Update: The Ovi Store seems to be down currently. Most likely due to overload. All About Symbian also list out a few areas that need to be fine tuned.
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