N-Gage trials make the leap to the Ovi Store
Filed under: Games, Software, Nokia, Symbian
Nokia’s Ovi Store duplicates one of N-Gage’s main lots in life — to serve as an over-the-air distribution channel of paid and trial apps — and in the long term, it certainly seems to make sense that Espoo would be looking to merge the two initiatives into one. The company hasn‘t announced anything to the effect just yet (and even if it did, it’d have to find some creative way to duplicate N-Gage’s social aspect), but it’s now taken one small step by porting game trials over to the Ovi Store. If you want the full game you’ll still need to buy it using the N-Gage app, so the maddening duality of Nokia’s software strategy still basically continues as-is for the time being — let’s just hope this is a promising sign of things to come.
[Via Phone Arena and ZOMG its CJ]
N-Gage trials make the leap to the Ovi Store originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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