Ovi Store

While the Ovi Store is gone, it was the digital gateway for the first generation of smartphone users outside the Western elite. It was the "door" that opened the world to mobile apps, even if it eventually closed on Nokia’s ambitions.

In February 2011, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop famously issued the "Burning Platform" memo. The company abandoned Symbian and MeeGo to partner with Microsoft and Windows Phone. This announcement instantly froze developer interest in the Ovi Store. Why develop for a platform the manufacturer had just declared dead? ovi store