Nokia’s Maemo Ovi Store looking rickety, ‘beta’ label well-deserved

January 13, 2010

Bugs are to be expected in brand-new apps and platforms — particularly when they’re clearly marked with a “beta” sign — but it starts to get a little hairier when there’s money involved. One of the early crowd favorites in Nokia’s Ovi Store for Maemo appears to be the game Angry Birds, which is available with a €3 level pack — problem is, plenty of folks have discovered a way around actually paying the cash, which becomes a big problem for the developer very, very quickly. The level pack has since been removed, probably the best move until Nokia can figure out what’s going on here and issue a patch. In the meantime, looks like it’s back to the ol’ repositories.

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Nokia N900 gets first software update, but don’t expect much

January 11, 2010

Nokia has announced that it has started pushing the N900’s very first post-launch update, but apparently it’s not anything crazy like Maemo 6 (yeah, we know it’s not even close to ready, but you know you want it) or system-wide portrait orientation support — instead, it’s just a minor bump designed to prepare the set for the upcoming launch of the Maemo-flavored Ovi Store. That’s great news for anyone looking for a more unified way to get paid apps on the phone, a significant step towards making Maemo a more consumer-friendly platform than it is at the present. Look for the update to be available globally within the next day or so, both over-the-air and via Nokia Software Update on your desktop.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Update: We’re being told that the Ovi Store’s now accessible from the device at store.ovi.mobi — anyone care to share stories of success or failure? Thanks, Matija!

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Nokia’s Ovi Store now available on AT&T, still not competitive

January 6, 2010

As revealed by Ralph de la Vega at AT&T’s CES Developer Summit this morning (liveblog here) and singled out by CNET, Nokia’s flailing and heretofore not-available-on-AT&T Ovi Store is finally available on Ma Bell, complete with direct billing. As of today, Nokia users can snag the usual assortment of apps, games, and ringtones and have the purchases billed directly to their mobile carrier. CNET reports that Nokia devices like “E71x, the Surge, the Mural, the 6650, the 6555, and the 6350″ are working today and that “more [Nokia] devices soon coming to AT&T’s network will be able to access the Ovi Store.” Next step: Make it an experience worth visiting!

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Nokia’s Ovi Software Development Kit released to invited and excited Javascripters

September 4, 2009

Nokia’s Ovi Store launched in late May — and then promptly crashed. The company has long-since gotten everything working smoothly and so is now so confident about its stability that it’s letting other developers in on the party. Coders proficient in HTML, CSS, and Javascript can apply for access to the beta SDK, invitations for which are being doled out right now. The navigation-focused kit includes a number of UI widgets and controls that will help any ‘ol app sport the clean, understated Nokia look, as well as things like the Ovi Navigation Player API, which makes nav-related apps much easier to get up and running. Nokia’s not giving any indication of just how long the line at the door is or what criteria it’s using to judge who gets past the red velvet rope into this shin-dig, but we’d recommend at least a shave and a clean shirt before applying. Vids excitedly discussing this wondrous new world are embedded below.