The Nokia Ovi Store is now live for one month. In this month, more content was added to the store, more countries got access and the store now offers operator billing for 27 operators.
So what content is available now? A comparison of what was there at launch and what is available today in Ovi Store:
Content in Ovi Store
In one month, the available content grew with 260%. The percentage paid content decreased a little, but is still very high at 88%, compared to the other major stores. For applications the paid percentage is the lowest, 66%. Not surprisingly, the popular ringtones and wallpapers are almost all charged for (99%).
Getting your application or game in the Ovi Store requires Java or Symbian signing, which is quite an extra effort. Nevertheless, the available content is growing very fast, indicating that many developers are taking steps to get their app in Ovi Store.
The content available today may be content that was available in the past as well, the Symbian platform was already popular among mobile developers before the launch of Ovi. Nokia also already had it’s Download! application store, of which the content is being transferred to Ovi. We are curious to see how fast new content will be developed, especially considering the other application stores that do not require signing of the content.
Vincent Hoogsteder
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