Re: Ovi store for maemo
 

atilla77, again you're not hearing what I mean. I mean LABELLING the app manager the ovi store, and copying the app manager mechanism for the Ovi store in the future. And adding a payment component for retail apps could be a good thing.

And if you don't like the Ovi store, just don't read the label when you use it. You basically are using it now. I say that in the sense that the spirit of the Ovi store is the complete listing of compatible apps, whether free or not. Nokia has the power to create it, and it should. I want one "something" on all Nokia devices that leads to all apps available for that platform. I don't like the app manager not building on the Ovi store name, especially when it gets it right.

I now understand why you guys don't like it, because you feel you own the app manager as part of Linux and the OS, but bulding Ovi's brand will create the bridge to distribute those same apps across all of the Nokia OSes, ie S60, Maemo, Windows7.

Re: Ovi store for maemo
 

The decision of Google to implement Free turn by turn direction on Google Maps in Android 2.0, puts Nokia and Navteq in a cross road.
If Nokia and Tom Tom (Navteq and Teleatlas) do go the same road they will became obsolete in a sort period of time.
But simply giving the service for free doesn’t assure successes.
Nokia should go maemo.org model for Ovi Maps.
With a site where people could give coordinates and information for geotagging their services (restaurants, clubs, cinemas really everything).
The all future of Nokia is in is ability to take the right decision now. This time they needs to act fast. We all know that’s not the usual company practice.
Everybody that cares with the future of Maemo should participate in this brainstorm:
http://maemo.org/community/brainstor...igation_on_ovi
Nokia should implement free turn by turn navigation on OVI. Although it’s a difficult decision for Navteq, it’s better to make it now, while in the position of world best map supplier. The model should be; the users add corrections and traffic information to the available maps.
The revenue should come from advertisement.

Re: Ovi store for maemo
 

Speaking of ownership, and sort of related as to why Maemo vs Ovi, one reason I'm hesitant about the Ovi site is found in one of their service terms (below) - which you must agree to in order to use the photo sharing service, for example:

"6. Licenses
Nokia does not claim ownership in your Material. Your submission of Material to the Service does not transfer ownership rights in the Material to Nokia.

However, by submitting Material to the Service you grant Nokia a worldwide non-exclusive, assignable, fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to use, copy, publicly perform, display, distribute and modify the Material, and to prepare derivative works thereof, or incorporate the Material into other works as well as sublicense the same."

Those "materials" are your photos and videos. Seems similar to the type of control over personal information Facebook tried earlier this year.