Nokia intends to change Ovi Store application rules to resuscitate interest

27th June, 2010 by adina
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Nokia has reformulated some of the rules and software in order to revive developer interest for the Ovi Store. The Finnish company is finally reacting with a long awaited move and now lets individuals, besides companies, to register as Ovi Publishers. It is also possible now for developers to have their applications signed for free, while until now they had to pay per application. Nokia also promises to drastically shorten the time an application needs in order to be signed.

To stimulate development for the cross-platform Qt environment is what Nokia hopes. It has now the Qt SDK’s 1.0 edition available for Windows and Linux and a beta version made for Macs too. Applications written by using Qt can now be presented, initially for X6 and N97 mini in Symbian and also the Maemo-based N900.

The updates made by Nokia are released in a critical moment for the company. It has almost lost support in Europe because many smartphone buyers prefer other platforms or simply do not utilize the Ovi Store at all on the phones they own. The new rules implemented by Nokia have the effect of cutting the price of publishing an application to only a one-time $61, while they have been potentially expensive in the case of multiple applications. At the same time, development for iPhone applications is more expensive, its cost being $99 for a whole year. It is true it does not carry any extra fees, regardless of the number of applications published.


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