After killing off Ovi Music in January, the new Nokia is shedding its old image, rebranding all its live Ovi services as “Nokia services”. That means the Ovi app store will just be known as the Nokia app store. [NokiaConversations]
Apple recently surpassed the 10 Billion app download mark, but it took them 2.5 years or so to get there. According to Gartner, that number will be dwarfed with about 17.7 billion apps to be downloaded in this year alone.
Nokia’s stab at an iTunes competitor, Ovi Music Unlimited, has spun its last track in most major markets. The subscription service never really took off here in the US, despite support from the Big Four record labels, and folded for a plethora of reasons:
Can’t get past some of the trickier levels in Angry Birds? Rovio has introduced a new character to the flock, with the Mighty Eagle having a brilliant feather in its cap – the ability to blitz through levels.
What’s this? An Ovi app on Gizmodo? Finally, we’ve found one worth talking about – though admittedly this technology isn’t exactly new, having been kicking around desktops for a few years. BlogRadio is just for Nokia phones.
Why’d Nokia give away Ovi Maps for free to other OS users? Unless they’re… planning an Android phone themselves? We’ve already heard whispers they’re to release just one Maemo device this year – and they can’t possibly survive on Symbian for alone.
After 13 days Nokia had seen 1.4 million downloads of its free Ovi Maps. Now, less than a month after giving away the good for free, they’ve seen three million downloads – with a map being downloaded every second. [TechRadar]
When Nokia announced free Ovi Maps for all, I was a bit ho-hum about it all. NOW I am excited. But not to the point where I’ll actually buy a Nokia phone to play Ovi Maps Racing on, mind.
After Nokia gave away its Ovi Maps for free on January 21 – that’s just 13 days ago – they’ve seen 1.4 million downloads. “We’re averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day” claimed Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki. [Mobile-Ent]
