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:

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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?

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Request a refund.

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

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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.

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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

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

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

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It'd be kinda cool if someone with a wellvisited blog or similar would try to purchase one of these drm encumbered files to discover they don't work.

Not just to expose Nokia/Ovi snafu, but also to highlight the evils of drm.

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Lol, that's what I would define as EPIC PHAIL!

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Supposedly a completely new, built-from-scratch, Ovi Store is supposed to be launched this year, probably along with Symbian^3 and 4 devices; and Maemo 6 is supposed to be DRM compatible.

Speaking purely as an end user, patience wears thin... Nokia better steps up in their act this year.

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I am a mouse... With €0.90 more in my pocket :p

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Isn't it the content provider / developer who chooses the devices on which the app/item/whatever shows up?
I mean, Ovi is a mess yes, but it's the developer who makes the mistake in the first place by choosing N900 as a compatible device.
Of course Nokia could start doing what Apple does and check everything, but personally I would kind of hate it.

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Meh... I'm not interested in any DRM content anyway :p

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Just to let you know:

Nokia reacted to the complaint i filed via "report issue": They added two more DRM-protected files. You can now buy a €14,99 audio book from the store that will not play. Get it while it's hot!

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There are sitting Nokia employes at OVI that sold rubber boots the past 20 years, am I right? :mad:

NOKIA: What about in-service training?

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This is exactly the reason why I've never bought DRM'd material & will continue in that manner.

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tip engadget with this...

engadget will love to make more fun about nokia and brag about how cool iphonie app store is so much better than getting laid.

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They're selling videos for sending as MMS now. :)

I'm afraid I reported it with a rather sacrastic ticking off suggesting they get an n900 and try stuff before selling it. ;)

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Maybe it comes with an MMS plugin for the N900? :p

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How does Ovi store do its star ratings? Because the MMS video has 8 reviews - every single one of which is critical - and three gold stars.

Now, since it's not usable via mms on n900, I think it's a safe bet that those stars are not from n900 customers. So are we being fobbed with ratings from symbian users?

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As far as I noticed, ovi store items that are available on more than 1 platform share the same comments/ratings between all of the platforms. But I could be wrong.