Via Bill, the Ovi Publisher developer program registration is 1€ !! The cost is symbolic and probably is a need to check that you are a real person! Also all applications signing are free.
Also Bill posted some interesting stats about the OVI Store:
2.5 million downloads a day with more than 75% of downloads being apps [...]
Via Nokia Conversation blog some numbers for the OVI Store nad OVI services:
200,000 new users are signing up to Ovi daily
Ovi Store downloads are now topping 2.3 million per day (that’s 300k more than a couple of weeks ago)
70 developers have each passed 1 million or more downloads on Ovi Store
Ovi is now available in [...]
I came back yesterday from Nokia World 2010 and Nokia Developer Summit and overall was a great event. The commitment from Nokia on new technologies, devices and OVI services was present in every spot of the conference. Nokia announced 4 new devices and also the availability of the Nokia N8:
Nokia E7
Nokia C6-01
Nokia C7-00
Nokia C3-01
The Nokia [...]
Via AllAboutSymbian, an interesting Flash Lite application/game created by OVI Publish: Ovi Maps Challenge
“Ovi Maps Challenge tests your knowledge on map-based geography trivia. Download Ovi Maps Challenge from Ovi Store for free. To get extra challenge you can purchase four additional country packs: Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia/Oceania. Hop from continent to [...]
I wanted to share some information for the Flash Lite community which might not be clear to everyone. Flash Lite content distribution on OVI Store is now super easy and free.
OVI Store supports Flash Lite content for Nokia S60 and Nokia S40. Packaging has 2 main option based on the platform:
Nokia S60: Flash Lite Online [...]
Here is a great resource for packaging and signing for distributing content on the OVI Store.
“The packaging format for Flash Lite content distribution depends on the target environment. For Symbian devices, the content must be packaged into a SIS file, and for Series 40 devices, an NFL file.
SIS files must [...]
This is a great news, Nokia supporting independent developers for OVI Publisher to distribute content in the OVI Store by launching the public beta of Nokia signing Symbian apps for free.
“The goal here is to lower the barrier to entry for Ovi Publishers by simplifying the tools and the process, as well as removing some [...]
