Thread: SIO2 Engine 3D Engine on the N900
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gerbick
2010-01-26 , 15:47
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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
But this is where you go wrong ! Unlike the Apple variant, the Ovi store is not the ONLY way of distributing apps and facilitating payment ! You could shove an app into the non-free section of Extras and handle payments via Paypal/Moneybookers/whatever today. That's why I say people developed tunnel vision with regard to app distribution on mobile platforms.
The developer in question had already paid their Ovi fees; that's why I'm concentrating on that as a complaint. Otherwise, there are a multitude of vectors to get your app out there and purchased.

However, I'm sticking with the problem as it was previously described. Ovi needs to support N900 apps. And this has absolutely zero/nada/zilch/nothing to do with how Apple works.

Angry Birds is a special story. Nokia already had a deal with Rovio, hence Angry Birds.
Then make more deals. It's that simple.

Exactly, see above, you don't need Ovi to do what WayFinder did.
Let's just clear the record... I already know about alternative methods to get your apps out there. I'm trying to stay in the lane of the developer who's apparently paid the Ovi fee.

But I get your gist...

Obviously. But Ovi is a separate divison and apparently well over their heads in the whole distribution thing even before Maemo, which just aggravated issues.
Classic case of left hand not knowing what the right hand does. Sorta makes PR1.1 with the Ovi Beta store update a bit less... impressive around that area.
 

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