Nokia reveals Ovi Store to take on the App Store
It'll be on the N97 handset in June
Nokia has unveiled its version of the App Store at Mobile World Congress.
It's called Ovi Store, and will launch in May, rolling the existing Nokia Download, MOSH and WidSets services into one application store.
The on-handset store is being billed as "smarter" than Apple's version, with recommendation technology serving you up content and apps based on your habits and current location.
Electronic Arts has already signed up, and the first handset to have it preloaded will be the N97, which goes on sale in June. But more than 50 million existing Nokia handsets will be able to download the Ovi Store client at the same time.
Nokia said at the launch that it expects to be shipping 300 million Ovi Store capable handsets a year by 2012.
The company also announced two new Eseries handsets, bringing a more consumer tinge to its traditionally business-focused range.
The E55 has a BlackBerry-style compact keyboard, squashing two letters onto each key, while the E75 has a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard from the side.
Check PocketGamer.biz's liveblog for the full details.
