Comments on: I’ll buy apps from developers, not the Ovi Store http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/ Everything Nokia, S60, and More Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Gary http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-13513 Gary Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:08:26 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-13513 <p>I'm disappointed as well. With my N97 I always wait at least 20 seconds until the data is loaded. Nowadays I buyed an app for 5 dollars. After it was charged and I got an confirmation by sms the ovi store showed up with 'time outfor this transaction' and I got nothing for my 5 bugs. I mean how can they charge before being sure that the app was downloaded? If I did that in my business I would go bankropsy.</p> I’m disappointed as well. With my N97 I always wait at least 20 seconds until the data is loaded. Nowadays I buyed an app for 5 dollars. After it was charged and I got an confirmation by sms the ovi store showed up with ‘time outfor this transaction’ and I got nothing for my 5 bugs. I mean how can they charge before being sure that the app was downloaded? If I did that in my business I would go bankropsy.

]]> By: Nokia Ovi Store rocks 3 million daily downloads - Phone-stuff http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-13250 Nokia Ovi Store rocks 3 million daily downloads - Phone-stuff Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:47:11 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-13250 <p>[...] was quite the hater of the Ovi Store back when it launched in May 2009 because it did not live up to its promise and had some major issues. As you know, my thoughts about [...]</p> [...] was quite the hater of the Ovi Store back when it launched in May 2009 because it did not live up to its promise and had some major issues. As you know, my thoughts about [...]

]]> By: kenneth http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-12534 kenneth Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:45:44 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-12534 <p>I just tried to buy an app on Ovi store. It was a dismal failure. I had no feedback or response from the server saying what happened. In general:</p> <p>Ovi online is a very poorly built site with limited functionality, and lots of problems making standard operation difficult, if not at times impossible.</p> <p>the Ovi store doesn't allow you to add credit cards to your account, doesn't allow you to use a Paypal account, and if you want to download something (even paid apps) and install from a pc You CAN'T.</p> <p>the ovi store application is unreliable, frustratingly slow and crashed when I tried it on my phone. So I removed it.</p> <p>So I decided to buy it online on my handset: apart from being very difficult to see on a handset like mine (who uses light gray on an app for the words!); the inbuilt browser is a troll and works very poorly; I had to login, then I was taken to a standard page, despite requesting the specific page. So I had to reopen the app page from the app itsself. Finally, I found the page, clicked buy. Still no luck. I had to enter a card. I did. Then clicked 'next' and nothing happened. I eventually had to abandon the entire 'cart' after waiting five minutes.</p> <p>Overall, Nokia builds fine phones for the 20th century. But they really are a company looking backwards, not forwards. </p> <p>Can it be so hard to build a reliable app/website/store for the Symbian system that they themselves wrote?</p> <p>Worse, at every turn, they are losing $$$ because I know for one that I won't ever buy an app from their store (it doesn't work). If they get it right, it may be too late because I will replace my phone next year... and it won't be a nokia that I buy.</p> <p>I have some apps on my phone. But it's just no worth the hassle of downloading, installing, activating and using. That's why I believe NOKIA do not fundamentally understand the new era of phones. </p> <p>I'd be selling this stock because I can't see anywhere for this company to go but down from here.</p> <p>Kenneth</p> I just tried to buy an app on Ovi store. It was a dismal failure. I had no feedback or response from the server saying what happened. In general:

Ovi online is a very poorly built site with limited functionality, and lots of problems making standard operation difficult, if not at times impossible.

the Ovi store doesn’t allow you to add credit cards to your account, doesn’t allow you to use a Paypal account, and if you want to download something (even paid apps) and install from a pc You CAN’T.

the ovi store application is unreliable, frustratingly slow and crashed when I tried it on my phone. So I removed it.

So I decided to buy it online on my handset: apart from being very difficult to see on a handset like mine (who uses light gray on an app for the words!); the inbuilt browser is a troll and works very poorly; I had to login, then I was taken to a standard page, despite requesting the specific page. So I had to reopen the app page from the app itsself. Finally, I found the page, clicked buy. Still no luck. I had to enter a card. I did. Then clicked ‘next’ and nothing happened. I eventually had to abandon the entire ‘cart’ after waiting five minutes.

Overall, Nokia builds fine phones for the 20th century. But they really are a company looking backwards, not forwards.

Can it be so hard to build a reliable app/website/store for the Symbian system that they themselves wrote?

Worse, at every turn, they are losing $$$ because I know for one that I won’t ever buy an app from their store (it doesn’t work). If they get it right, it may be too late because I will replace my phone next year… and it won’t be a nokia that I buy.

I have some apps on my phone. But it’s just no worth the hassle of downloading, installing, activating and using. That’s why I believe NOKIA do not fundamentally understand the new era of phones.

I’d be selling this stock because I can’t see anywhere for this company to go but down from here.

Kenneth

]]> By: Mark Respinger http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-11157 Mark Respinger Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:39:46 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-11157 <p>The Ovi store is the biggest piece of garbage on the web. Can't believe that it won't even automatically recognise your phone. Nokia has fallen a long way from their heyday and have lost me as a customer. I don't know where they get off designing stuff without even thinking about what the user wants anymore. They seem to have adopted the attitude that the more layers of menus and confusion they add, the more advanced their products must be. They really need to fire their entire UI team and start again.. If it is not already too late.</p> The Ovi store is the biggest piece of garbage on the web. Can’t believe that it won’t even automatically recognise your phone. Nokia has fallen a long way from their heyday and have lost me as a customer. I don’t know where they get off designing stuff without even thinking about what the user wants anymore. They seem to have adopted the attitude that the more layers of menus and confusion they add, the more advanced their products must be. They really need to fire their entire UI team and start again.. If it is not already too late.

]]> By: Simon http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-9956 Simon Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:57:50 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-9956 <p>Ovi is also bad for developers: i am an app maker myself and i had to do with Nokia for quite some time now - Nokia DOES NOT care about the developers. If i publish an app on OVI store and a user posts a unqualified, absolutely wrong comment about the app, there is no way to discuss removal of posts - which really could destroy app reputation really quickly. Also, there is a problem that app comments get lost constantly (all the comments for an app are gone from one day to another) - no way to get it back. If you drop them an email they say "it will be fixed in the future". Oh there is sooo much arguments why Nokia & OVI sucks, i think this small box of text will not be sufficient to tell you. RIP Nokia & OVI</p> Ovi is also bad for developers: i am an app maker myself and i had to do with Nokia for quite some time now – Nokia DOES NOT care about the developers. If i publish an app on OVI store and a user posts a unqualified, absolutely wrong comment about the app, there is no way to discuss removal of posts – which really could destroy app reputation really quickly. Also, there is a problem that app comments get lost constantly (all the comments for an app are gone from one day to another) – no way to get it back. If you drop them an email they say “it will be fixed in the future”. Oh there is sooo much arguments why Nokia & OVI sucks, i think this small box of text will not be sufficient to tell you. RIP Nokia & OVI

]]> By: Azizi http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-9499 Azizi Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:21:07 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-9499 <p>Nokia has disappointed its customers, customers had great hope for Ovi, but most of them are sad with that. Personally, I can't buy any application from The Store, it keep saying that "we're experiencing payment problem" What the heck? I've complained to Nokia Care Center, I guess workers there really good at playing with words, they are asking me to wait until Nokia fixes this problem.</p> Nokia has disappointed its customers, customers had great hope for Ovi, but most of them are sad with that. Personally, I can’t buy any application from The Store, it keep saying that “we’re experiencing payment problem” What the heck? I’ve complained to Nokia Care Center, I guess workers there really good at playing with words, they are asking me to wait until Nokia fixes this problem.

]]> By: Matthew Miller http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-7436 Matthew Miller Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:34:08 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-7436 <p>Sorry to hear about your experiences Raj. I recommend you contact the folks at DataViz directly to see if they can help since you do have a receipt for the transaction. They are helpful and hopefully can help out.</p> Sorry to hear about your experiences Raj. I recommend you contact the folks at DataViz directly to see if they can help since you do have a receipt for the transaction. They are helpful and hopefully can help out.

]]> By: Raj Bhandari http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-7432 Raj Bhandari Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:32:44 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-7432 <p>I was trying to buy Roadsync by Dataviz for Symbian from the Ovi store, and wasted over 4 hours.</p> <p>First time, after I put in my credit card #, I got a message that there wass a problem with the payment and brought me back to the main screen.</p> <p>I spent 45 minutes on the phone to get that corrected, and they asked me to try again. This time the transaction went through and I was charged $21.64 - but I got a receipt in the email and no activation key.</p> <p>I have tried everything, including deleting the software on the phone, but the Ovi store says its downloaded and will not give me the option again.</p> <p>Any thoughts?</p> I was trying to buy Roadsync by Dataviz for Symbian from the Ovi store, and wasted over 4 hours.

First time, after I put in my credit card #, I got a message that there wass a problem with the payment and brought me back to the main screen.

I spent 45 minutes on the phone to get that corrected, and they asked me to try again. This time the transaction went through and I was charged $21.64 – but I got a receipt in the email and no activation key.

I have tried everything, including deleting the software on the phone, but the Ovi store says its downloaded and will not give me the option again.

Any thoughts?

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]]> By: Richard Massie http://nokiaexperts.com/buy-apps-developers-ovi-store/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Richard Massie Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:18:56 +0000 http://nokiaexperts.com/?p=1434#comment-4806 <p>I install ovistore and Nokia Handwriting Calculator on my 5800. After that i found <em>ALL</em> my other application in memory card is missing (except the ovistore and handwriting). i am confused. so i restart (shutdown and start up) the handphone. After i restart, i check that i lose all of my app and data like the memory card has been re-format. (and of course we cannot re-download) Those applications is **DESTROYING* my data! Please do some testing before publishing application which may destroy customer data.</p> I install ovistore and Nokia Handwriting Calculator on my 5800. After that i found ALL my other application in memory card is missing (except the ovistore and handwriting). i am confused. so i restart (shutdown and start up) the handphone. After i restart, i check that i lose all of my app and data like the memory card has been re-format. (and of course we cannot re-download) Those applications is **DESTROYING* my data! Please do some testing before publishing application which may destroy customer data.

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