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20090526 Tuesday May 26, 2009

Nokia Ovi App Store, not just a disaster, a COMPLETE disaster

Here's a Washington Post piece (via TechCrunch) about how the Nokia Ovi App Store launch today was not just a disaster, but a complete disaster (their words).

See:

A Total Failure

Here's a quote: 

 Today sees the worldwide roll-
 out of Nokia's Ovi Store, the 
 company's response to Apple's 
 App Store... Here's the thing: 
 the launch is an utter disaster 
 and I assume (hope) Nokia 
 executives are outraged with 
 the way things are going.
Everyone knows the first rule of proper engineering is to plan for the Worst-Case Scenario (not the typical or best case scenario). Heck, even Scotty from Star Trek multiplies his worst-case scenarios by a factor of four to be safe. Well, not every company instills good engineering I guess.

[Java ME and J2ME] ( May 26, 2009 12:07 PM ) Permalink Comments [4]

Comments:

I think the most disappointing thing at the moment is how few apps there are on there. But I guess that'll happen with time. I really hope this is a success in the long run.

Posted by Bradley on May 27, 2009 at 03:23 AM PDT #

The "apparent" requirement to have apps JavaVerified was a large deterent; turns out that they only have to be signed, which isn't too bad, but still a lot more expensive then to get on the Apple app store.

Posted by derek on May 27, 2009 at 11:34 PM PDT #

Hi Derek,

This is good feedback to get so that when we launch the Java Store, we get it right. The code signing rule does seem a little silly, since the meaning is nebulous (Ex. when Verisign issued a Microsoft certificate to a masquerader). It should be optional, which is good for some mobile developers if they want to do, but shouldn't be mandatory.

If Nokia hasn't pointed out, I would guess that to cut expenses, you could code sign using a certificate from CACerts: https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=1

Hinkmond

Posted by Hinkmond Wong on May 28, 2009 at 11:49 AM PDT #

Hi Bradley,

I hope so too. But, there's got to be a level of commitment (foresight, planning, design, engineering, etc.) on their part that is not coming across yet...

Hinkmond

Posted by Hinkmond Wong on May 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM PDT #

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