Nokia: Ovi Store ‘outpaced’ by iPhone’s App Store

Dec 11th 2009
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Nokia’s Ovi Store for mobile apps has been trounced by Apple’s App Store, the former’s media group product lead George Linardos admitted on Thursday. Created as rival to the iPhone’s portal, Ovi is now acknowledged as having been ‘outpaced’ by the App Store as its tendency to crash, its slow speed and its lack of features to match Apple’s have left it behind. The executive noted that the current Ovi incarnation was primarily meant to integrate Nokia’s disparate services and wasn’t ready for the iPhone’s approach….

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