Posts Tagged ‘Ovi’

Nokia World: The Ovi Files

September 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

The Nokia World event last week didn't go unnoticed as our mailbox was stuffed with interesting details coming from the event. One of the most important is what is happening with Ovi.

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Ovi Poll Results

June 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »

Following the Ovi launch, Nokia has polled consumers about their use of the new platform. As it turned out, half of them actually used it to download games, apps and more.

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N-Gage Launched on Ovi

June 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Nokia's N-Gage has launched it's portfolio on Nokia's Ovi portal. As of now, consumers will be offered trial versions of all the N-Gage games, which can be unlocked through in-game payments.

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Ovi Store Signs 27 Operators

June 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Nokia's Ovi launch didn't go unnoticed by the press as well as by consumers. With visits from 152 countries, the fact that Nokia signed up for operator billing with 27 operators is welcome news.

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No Java Verified obligations for Ovi

June 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | 5 Comments »

Following massive complaints, Nokia has decided that Java Verified is no longer obligated for mobile games published on Nokia’s Ovi store (which launched last week).

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Nokia Ovi Launched

May 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 5 Comments »

Nokia opened the doors to their Ovi Store. 50 Million consumers worldwide will now be able to pick up mobile games and applications directly from the service.

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Nokia Moves Widsets to Ovi

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Following the closure of Mosh, Nokia is now taking another big step in their portal strategy as it will close down their Widsets service and integrate it into the Ovi Store.

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Ovi Signs thousands of Content Providers

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Nokia’s Ovi service has signed up thousands of mobile content providers to date. This while it’s public launch is still a month away and the announcements of the Ovi platform was just a few months back.

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GDC: Ovi to Feature N-Gage Games

March 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

When released in May, the Nokia Ovi store will be offering mobile games from the N-Gage platform according to Tero Ojanpera, who was interviewed by Reuters at the GDC in San Fransisco.

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Nokia Closing Mosh!?

March 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | 1 Comment »

According to an article on Reuters, Nokia is going to close down it's MOSH portal. The portal that was all about sharing was always a thorn in the eye of the mobile games industry as it was widely used to share pirated mobile games.