Just to think – only 500 applications available during launch versus estimated 50 mil userbase – this is the gold rush right now

We already port a number of our apps and have customers pinging us about doing it also

2009/5/27 Disqus <>

Not a good way to start our company’s transformation.

Interest doesn’t necessarily mean success. I’ve been a Nokia user for years, and the can’t imagine life without my N95. My next buy will be the N97. I registered on Twango quite some time ago, and transitioned to Share with Ovi: yet my Share with Ovi registration initially wouldn’t work for the rest of the site.Nokia has updated the interface of Share With Ovi, and now I can’t, for the life of me, figure out how up embed my audio file on my site. I’m searching for an alternative.

For all its features and tools, Nokia has failed where Google as succeeded – in providing a clean and easy to use user interface. Given a choice between the two, I’ll go with Google.

I tried for three hours to experience the Ovi Store in its entirety, before writing about it – both on the web and the mobile. I had problems with both, and the experience while searching and viewing applications was anything but usable (and I’m not talking about just speed of access here, which accentuated the issue). When I compared prices for Gravity and the Ovi store, and Gravity at its own site – the latter was cheaper as well.

First impressions matter, and I’m not quite sure about using the Ovi Store in the future. When it’s such a big launch, its important to get it right. Otherwise, it’ll remain inconsequential, much like that “Downloads” folder which I’ve accessed only once or twice.