Thread: Ovi Store and App Manager must be merge
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2010-03-08 , 09:55
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Originally Posted by kryptoniankid17 View Post
i think what your looking for is called an iphone. i think choice is awesome.
I think you are out of subject... Please read the previous postings before you reply. Plus I just hate when people compare anything and everything to icrap eemmmm sorry iPhone...

Originally Posted by Sasler View Post
I personally would be already happy to even see a properly working OVI Store first.
Yea right?!! lool

Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
You must take into account the interests of ALL stakeholders, not just your own. Commercial app developers (and thus Ovi itself) will NOT be happy if they get competition from Free apps. You might not care, but they do. At the same time Free app developers need Ovi like a fish needs a bycicle - you expect people to pay 50E per year, give up donations and accept restrictive licenses and liability just to be able to do what they are doing now ? So, what's your plan to overcome this fire/water divide ?
You are right but again out of subject.

Here we go again. Nothing has to chance. Current repositories will stay as it is everything will stay as it is. So no license issues or hosting fees will be a problem. Second I do not get your point of competition? What is the problem if multiple apps free and not are available in the same place? This is the beauty of the App Stores. The users are smart enough to decide if a free app is great or not and if a paid app is worth the money. If you are a developer and you offer a paid App, Nokia will get its cut. If your app is free then you can add it either from Ovi's channel or Maemo's Extras repository.

Originally Posted by johnel View Post
I think the App Manager is perfectly fine the way it is.
I love App manager too but at its current stage lacks even basic functions. I do not want to deeply going into it right now I will only state that three updates after the originalN900 firmware and the App Manager doesn't even have the option to list new apps, or top downloads. Currently the only way to find out whats new for Maemo 5 is to visit http://maemo.org/downloads/Maemo5/ and then go download it from your phone. I am sure you agree is not that practical...