There is little doubt that Nokia -- the once clear leader of the wireless world -- has felt the sting of Apple's iPhone. To counter Cupertino's advances, the Finnish firm launched Ovi, its' answer to the Apple App Store.
The response to Ovi across the blogosphere has ranged from lukewarm to ticked off.
TechCrunch's Robin Wauters' writes:
"...I found that the store was down most of the time I was trying to snoop around, pages often didn't load, and if they did they nearly always did extremely slowly...the launch is an utter disaster and I assume (hope) Nokia executives are outraged with the way things are going..."
Others like this post from Ars Technica play down the launch day 'hiccups':
"...Nokia's Ovi Store is officially open for business, bringing Nokia users an App Store-like interface to download third-party software. The available applications range from fun to practical, and while some cost money, many others are available for free. With Nokia's extensive reach across the globe, the company has the potential to grow the Ovi Store to Apple App Store proportions -- as long as it fixes some UI quirks and appeals to the developer community..."
Apple could stand with some competition. But Nokia must respond quickly to quell the hue and cry and have a decent shot at riding out the storm. Reports of blocked users, vanishing applications and inaccessible store pages certainly don't bode well at the moment.
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