Forum: Applications
2010-12-15, 13:42
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Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
Ultimately, we feel we've explained our situation in detail and to the fullest extent possible without revealing information that was shared with us in confidence. I've sent you an email with more...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-15, 06:40
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Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
I know it's not what you guys were hoping for, but we launched alpha versions for Mac, Windows and Android on out site http://instinctiv.com today. They're still buggy, the UI will be overhauled,...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-08, 20:38
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Replies: 939
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Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
We'll return (and with an obvious head start) if MeeGo gains traction in those markets where it's reasonable to ask users to pay a few dollars for an app (e.g. North America, Western Europe,...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-08, 20:23
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Replies: 939
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Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
Apart from our tech, we generally don't have many secrets of our own and as difficult of a decision as it was, we've tried to be completely transparent about why we're winding down development on...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-08, 18:56
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Replies: 939
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Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
Kate, thanks for participating in this thread. Unfortunately, there are many good reasons why we were explicitly discouraged from developing any further on Maemo and I've shared some of those...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-07, 20:56
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
There's opportunity cost for us. Time spent wrapping up the app in terms of salaries is somewhere on the order of $6k (a little more) or roughly two months of dev time to do everything we'd want to....
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-07, 20:43
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
We did use QT and we did try to compile for Symbian^3. The most I can say is that it compiles -- the UI is badly broken as is a lot of our audio rendering and filesystem logic. Given the markets...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-07, 18:09
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
We haven't made a final decision about how to wrap this up. We definitely won't be shipping the new UI. We may still update the back end and add one new feature and a ton of bug fixes. We're under...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-07, 17:11
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
Thanks for your post. There are two simple factors for us:
1) Given the user base and marketplace as it stands we probably stand to make somewhere on the order of $6000 -- for that amount it's...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-07, 00:48
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
We didn't want to charge people for a version we felt was still a beta. Once you take people's money there's an implicit promise that the app will work 100% as advertised -- and with your help we...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 23:32
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 22:29
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
As MeeGo evolves we'll continue to keep a close eye on it. However, unless there's a good reason to do otherwise, we'll probably wait and see what kind of distribution it gets before committing...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 22:10
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
The bottom line is simple: Maemo has essentially been EOL'd and MeeGo isn't shipping yet. When it does ship, we expect our existing Maemo code to recompile with very few (if any) changes. Until it...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 19:19
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
We work closely with the companies we develop for and get as much information as we can directly from the source. Nokia has been very forthcoming with us about their stats. When evaluating a...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 19:09
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
I want to be clear -- I think Nokia has actually treated us very fairly. They could have asked us to continue to develop for Maemo without being straightforward about their future plans. That would...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 19:05
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Replies: 939
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Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
The markets where Symbian is popular are not ones where credit card usage is common or where there is a strong culture of paying for music, let alone music apps. In other words, we cannot...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 19:00
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
QT works well for a lot of apps but there are certain classes of apps where QT doesn't really lighten the load all that much. Especially with any custom UI, there are a lot of little...
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Forum: Community
2010-12-06, 18:54
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Replies: 931
Views: 244,890
Re: Ask the Council!
What it comes down to is that Maemo has been EOL'd and its successor, MeeGo, has yet to ship. At a minimum, what that means to us is there are no commercial prospects for us. Nokia was very...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 18:42
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
We haven't made a final decision about how to wrap up development -- one last update is still a possibility. I can't share all the details of our conversation with Nokia but suffice to say Nokia...
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Forum: Applications
2010-12-06, 17:04
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
Last week we spoke with Nokia. We were actively discouraged from developing for Maemo any further. There are lots of things we love about Maemo, including an awesome user community so we're...
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Forum: Applications
2010-11-28, 05:43
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
December 13th :) -- it made more sense to redesign some of the faulty architecture than try and fix it.
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Forum: Applications
2010-11-23, 22:36
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Replies: 939
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Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
All I've been hearing from you guys is equalizer this and presets that. You asked for it -- you got it :p
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Forum: Applications
2010-11-23, 17:58
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
Sorry, this design won't come out until after the Dec 13 release but this is what we're moving towards and even the Dec 13 version will have some of the plumbing needed to support this new UI.
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Forum: Applications
2010-11-23, 16:46
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
Re: Ovi Store - Instinctiv
BTW, that massive update we've been working on for ages will make a big push to unify desktop and mobile in all sorts of ways. Design is one of them. Here's what we're thinking -- so speak now or...
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Forum: Applications
2010-11-21, 16:04
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Replies: 939
Views: 305,347
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