which ones come without the link to the ovi store pre-configured? the last low-end S40-phones i saw all had it.

the reason why it doesn't have much of an impact may be that people who buy a, say, 3720 don't use it for accessing the web... therefore, they don't have a data plan... and they never bother to set up the ovi suite or do anything else that would enable them to download software to their phones. a phones that's not "connected" doesn't make a good client for an app store.