Ovi Store sells DRM-protected audio files that N900 can't even play
 

How nice. The Ovi Store for the N900 offers me so.called "Podcasts" (which, I assume, are just audio books) in a price range from €0,90 to €7,--

They are all in German, so I assume this is a local thing that affects only people in Germany/Austria/Switzerland.

I tried the cheapest, assuming it would be the same thing as with paid applications... you can pay if you're nice, but you could also get them for free if you wanted. I chose to pay.

This time, it's the other way round: You pay, but can't play. What you get is a file with the file extension '*.dm", so I assume it's digitally restricted. Of course, my N900 doesn't know what to do with it and can't play it.

I'm very pleased that Nokia chose to offer me these files even though they know they don't work on the N900.

Can't they get anything right with Ovi? :mad:

Re: Ovi Store sells DRM-protected audio files that N900 can't even play
 

On its own this would just be funny, but the lack of attention to detail is stunning sometimes. It's also weird how new Symbian phones often get new bugs in existing functionality. What do they do, rewrite everything every time?

Re: Ovi Store sells DRM-protected audio files that N900 can't even play
 

Request a refund.

Re: Ovi Store sells DRM-protected audio files that N900 can't even play
 

arg... this is not supposed to be enabled until Maemo 6...

Re: Ovi Store sells DRM-protected audio files that N900 can't even play
 

The cheapest is a two chapter demo for free. You didn't have to pay to realize that they don't work. :P

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I'm not gonna fight the windmills for 90 cents. Also, as Ovi is such a hostile environment and so keen on scaring customers away, I don't feel the urge to help them get better through channels other than the "report issue"-button. There's no "Ovi community" I feel part of, you see...

My intention is to warn other potential victims here.

Re: Ovi Store sells DRM-protected audio files that N900 can't even play
 

Now come on! Where's our spirit of adventure? Are you a man or a mouse? ;)

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ah... so they're not as half-assed as I thought they were... they're only ahead of our time... :p

Re: Ovi Store sells DRM-protected audio files that N900 can't even play
 

This gives a totally new meaning to "OVI is the future". :)

Re: Ovi Store sells DRM-protected audio files that N900 can't even play
 

Oh, OVI certainly is the future. Just not Nokia's ...