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The Really Mobile Project: Shopping at the OVI store…

  • Jim Wild · 2 months ago
    Fantastic, PMSL!
  • jtsdst · 2 months ago
    Amazing. Congratulations.
  • Nico · 2 months ago
    Haha, priceless!

    (Btw, I got an email from Ovi support once asking me for, among many other info, my passport number. Go figure...)
  • Ben Smith · 2 months ago
    Yes, it's like a 'idiots guide to identity theft'... Passport numbers, bank details...

    What next? A vile of blood? :-)
  • Mac Morrison · 2 months ago
    v4ry gud
    i <3 hana mntna
    whr u gt the scrnsvr? r day 3?

    oh wait I'm not 8 either. Yep even more annoying I successfully bought gravity, tetris and sonic, returned my phone, got a new handset, same sim, same ovi account, can i redownload £15 worth of apps, can I buggery and to make matters worse they just sit there taunting me in the 'my stuff' section.

    http://hello5800.tumblr.com/post/208597680/my-s...

    I tried to buy jokuispot - but couldnt find the premium verison, so just got it off their own site instead. Searching for last.fm was equally fruitless so off to their site i went. It's a shabby bag-o-shite.

    Though i did manage to buy the worlds worst flight control clone for £1.50.
  • Ben Smith · 2 months ago
    Ouch... that's grim. Same happened to me with some Gravity installs on long-term loan handset. In the end I just bought it again direct from the developer (who's app's so awesome I don't mind bunging a few quid extra).
  • Brian Smith · 2 months ago
    That's because licenses on the Ovi Store cannot be transfered from one phone to another. Every license is per-phone, not per-SIM, per-credit-card, or per-person.
  • Mac Morrison · 2 months ago
    which is why i will never buy from ovi store again. well maybe some wallpaper ;)
    imagine you spend £100 ? £200 ?
    drop your phone? can you get ovi store insurance?

    and why have the my stuff section?
  • James Burland · 2 months ago
    Brilliant!
  • gdigenis · 2 months ago
    its funny because it is true.

    the worst part about it is that if you read the fine print it says that once you buy an app you own it. the only way to get your money back is if the app is defectifve or not advertised correctly in terms of its features. if you want your money back you have to provide proof of purchase and it could take 30 days!! are they serious? why would i bother logging in if i will need proof of purchase?
  • pieter13 · 2 months ago
    Sad, but expected.....
  • edcave · 2 months ago
    Superb, love it
  • @geekyouup · 2 months ago
    most excellent, absolutely made everyones day at Mippin HQ
  • Neil Hoskins · 2 months ago
    Oddly enough, it seems better today: searching for "voice recorder" now gives three possibilities. When I tried it the other day, I drew a blank (I was probably offered Hannah Monatana screen savers as consolation: I don't remember).
  • Neil Hoskins · 2 months ago
    Yay! They also seem to have fixed the N-Gage catalogue, which had been borked for the best part of a week.
  • Cant tell · 2 months ago
    I work at Nokia and I found this to be the funniest and most accurate description of the Ovi Store EVER.
  • Ewan · 2 months ago
    Absolute, absolute, absolute genius
  • joshr · 2 months ago
    some companies make it really hard to give them your money. oh wait..
  • Mac Morrison · 2 months ago
    i hope you are entering this in : http://blog.ovi.com/innoviate/
  • Ben Smith · 2 months ago
    I'm not sure that's the type of video they're after Mac :-)
  • Chris · 2 months ago
    Haha! Funny, but not true.
    It's not THAT bad ;)
  • Jay Fenton · 2 months ago
    Genius.
  • dontbuyn97 · 1 month ago
    Visit my site www.dontbuyn97.com to hear my story about this piece of c**p!