tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342972784577250362010-03-03T14:27:10.535-08:00I'm looking to work with you, the developer community, to create the future now by integrating people and places with services on Nokia devices.Billnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-3824139934959129762010-03-03T14:25:00.000-08:002010-03-03T14:27:10.550-08:00

Today Nokia and T-Mobile USA announced the Nokia Nuron, which is the Nokia 5230, a Symbian 5.0 device with a 3.2-inch resistive touchscreen, 3G connectivity and a full HTML browser. This device will have Ovi Maps and Ovi Store preloaded and will be available in a few weeks for $69.99 on a two year contract. From a developer's perspective this is great news as Ovi Store on the Nokia Nuron will

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-9819322973874015372010-03-02T12:59:00.000-08:002010-03-02T13:02:41.857-08:00

For those of you keeping track, Ovi Store continues to grow and these latest stats indicate an on-going upward trend for downloads and other metrics.  Here are the latest stats for Ovi Store as of the 28th of February: Downloads We're seeing around 1.5 million downloads a day through Ovi Store, which is around 22 downloads per second, 24/7, with daily highs of 1,300 downloads per minute.

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-89231371117004753512010-02-03T16:42:00.000-08:002010-02-03T16:55:42.763-08:00

There have been some questions from developers recently about what types of content are permitted in Ovi Store and I wanted to share our guidelines with you. These are the guidelines that are posted in our web based publishing tool and support page for registered Ovi Publishers: The following items are examples of prohibited content: Paid content that circumvents Nokia's billing platform

Billnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-76493161704803149842010-02-01T15:01:00.000-08:002010-02-01T15:02:01.908-08:00

The Ovi Store newsletter is sent weekly to registered Ovi Store users around the world to promote applications that have been developed by Ovi Publishers from around the world. If you're already a registered user of Ovi Store and opted in to receive notifications then you're discovering weekly recommendations from the Ovi Store team delivered to your inbox with links and info to featured

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-54977847147526865222010-01-28T14:08:00.000-08:002010-01-28T14:17:04.585-08:00

Here are the latest stats related to Ovi Store and wanted to share these with everyone. One of the stats I'd like to point out is Ovi Store now supports mobile billing with 60 operators in 18 countries. This means that consumers in these countries that are using one of these operators can purchase content from Ovi Store and they will see the charge on their monthly billing statement. We're

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-15676487950528252072009-11-17T16:42:00.000-08:002009-11-27T20:12:22.924-08:00

2009 has sure gone by quickly and being mid-November, 2010 is rapidly approaching. For those of you who are mobile developers or are following the various mobile application stores available in market I thought I would give another update regarding Ovi Store and where we are since we launched about 5 months ago. The following stats are from 26 May through 31 October: Available on over 100

Billnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-35774770556106406292009-10-12T10:58:00.000-07:002009-10-12T10:58:02.353-07:00

Forum Nokia just posted a podcast where I talked about key developer news including new devices, platform opportunities, and updated Ovi Store statistics. You can listen to it on the page, download the MP3 or download from iTunes. There are other podcasts that we post every few weeks so if you're interested in hearing the latest developer news make sure to bookmark this page, or subscribe to the

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-31002216994276873642009-10-01T16:35:00.000-07:002009-10-01T16:41:02.990-07:00

I have some great news for those of you planning on attending Adobe MAX next week. We will have a special guest in our "Open Screen Project Fund: Fueling the Future of Flash Experiences" session - David Blaine. David will be talking about his David Blaine Magic Trick application being developed with Flash Lite for Nokia touch screen devices that is planned to be deployed globally through

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-12784265971207515582009-09-28T15:15:00.000-07:002009-09-28T15:15:48.300-07:00

Finally getting around to sharing this.  You can download my "Prospering with Ovi Store" presentation that I gave at Nokia World a few weeks go.  These slides provide an update on where we are with Ovi Store and covers some of the areas we're focusing on moving forward. Ovi Store has been live for a little more than three months and we're seeing a lot of positive things from publishers and

Billnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-31196840550953536792009-09-26T13:25:00.000-07:002010-01-28T10:40:35.554-08:00

It's been a while since I've last posted on my blog and wanted to let you know that Nokia will be presenting three sessions at the Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles, from 5-7 October. This will be my seventh MAX conference and this year I'll be co-presenting a session discussing some of the Open Screen Project Fund winners and how developers can apply for funding. If you're attending MAX and

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-51322075411507213422009-08-14T18:08:00.000-07:002009-08-14T18:11:54.549-07:00

This weekend both Ovi Store and the Ovi Publishing tool will be down for several hours. If you're a consumer, Ovi Store will be unavailable Saturday, August 15 from 2pm EST until 6pm EST. This applies to Ovi Store access via mobile device and/or PC. We thank you for your patience as we continue to make the best content available to consumers globally. If you're a developer, the Ovi Publish

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-30023004001837128802009-06-16T18:09:00.000-07:002009-06-16T18:10:18.731-07:00

It's been several months but I've finally been able to update the devices with Flash Lite spreadsheet to be more focused and provide more details that Flash developers will find beneficial. You can now download the Nokia Devices with Adobe Flash Technologies pre-installed version 4 (PDF). For now this PDF will be hosted here on my site until we can get it posted on Forum Nokia.com and

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-47811998618756239602009-06-12T16:18:00.000-07:002009-06-12T19:02:04.793-07:00

Some people have asked "how is Ovi Store doing" and I thought I'd share the following metrics with you.  These data points are from the launch (26 May) through 8 June. Nokia consumers from 152 countries have visited Ovi Store Ovi Store is accessible from over 75 Nokia devices in 5 languages Ovi Store has mobile billing from 27 operators from around the world Applications category is #1 among

Billnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-7141282977386483562009-06-10T09:53:00.000-07:002009-06-10T09:53:27.611-07:00

Forum Nokia is currently running our Mobile Design Challenge and are looking to the design and developer community to provide the best wiki articles in the following categories: Theming Flash Lite UI Components Usability Surprise us! (anything related to mobile design) The contest ends 30 June so you have a few weeks left to submit your ideas.  We will be awarding at least one N97 multimedia

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-74657619848305665282009-05-26T10:28:00.000-07:002009-05-26T10:28:13.979-07:00

As you probably have heard by now, we've launched Ovi Store globally and you can take a look at all of the available applications and content. If you have a PC you can go to http://store.ovi.com in your web browser and get a sense for the types of content, or you can go to store.ovi.com on your Nokia phone's mobile browser. Given that this is the first day for Ovi Store and the immense amount

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-87246355890539796662009-05-22T17:27:00.000-07:002009-05-22T17:31:21.701-07:00

With the launch of Ovi Store happening by the end of this month, I thought it would be good to share with the community examples of the types of reporting Ovi Publishers will get once Ovi Store goes live. What you see here is a mock-up report showing some of the types of information that will be visible to an Ovi Publisher.  Note: the application name and data is all dummy information and is

Billnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-80819744959161372182009-05-21T12:18:00.000-07:002009-05-21T12:20:23.993-07:00

A few weeks ago at the Nokia Developer Summit I talked about the opportunity for developers with Ovi Store and the benefits with publishing to Ovi. You can listen to the podcast here, or if you prefer you can download the MP3 and listen on your favorite device. There are also two other podcasts available if you're interested: "Cross-Platform Development" with Mika Rytkonen - listen - download

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-88279411792996676142009-05-07T09:36:00.000-07:002009-05-07T09:54:56.132-07:00

There's been some questions by developers asking about what type of applications and content will be accepted by Ovi Store by publishers and thought it would be helpful to share our content guidelines with you. These content guidelines are also available in the help section of the publish to Ovi intake system (that registered publishers have access to). Here are some examples of prohibited

Billnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-68436657186712374272009-04-30T06:37:00.000-07:002009-04-30T22:19:20.575-07:00

Was trying to think of a title that would encompass what I've embarked on here on my new site, and think it makes sense. What I'll be doing, and have already started to do, is to only use Nokia devices for capturing media to use on my site. Videos, photos, audio - will all be captured, and only captured with Nokia devices. For example here's a sample video I took in a 4:3 format with a

Billnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-31525728171034660602009-04-29T06:11:00.000-07:002009-04-30T06:16:07.415-07:00

Yesterday here at the Nokia Developer Summit I had a chance to catch up with Mads and Frederik from Little Big Ideas to get their feedback on the summit, receiving funding for two Flash Lite apps as part of the Open Screen Project Fund and other thoughts.

Billnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-28369231371942995772009-04-29T03:19:00.000-07:002009-04-29T03:19:48.943-07:00

Hey there and thanks for visiting my new site where I'm looking to work with you, the developer community, to create the future now by integrating people and places with services on Nokia devices.  Over the past four years I was interacting with the community with my old site Flashdevices.net which is now just an archive on previous posts.  Since I'm with Nokia and focusing on a broader range of

Billnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-634297278457725036.post-87333288629473665782009-04-19T23:25:00.000-07:002009-04-19T23:26:50.800-07:00

I'm "this close" to having my new site ready to go and once I make some last minute tweaks here and there I'll be blogging about a lot of cool and exciting things.  If you've come across this site you can bookmark it.

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