There's confusion about its name, but hidden amongst Nokia's quarterly earnings report was news that its app store (once called Ovi) continues to grow.
The Finnish giant claims its marketplace now boasts over 50,000 apps up 2,000 apps alone since June owing to "increased demand for apps from the approximately 225-million strong Symbian customer base".
Ovi and up
Indeed, said base has taken the platform's daily download rate to 6.5 million, a rise of 1.5 million from the ratio Nokia publicised in April.
Just where this userbase will go, however, when Nokia moves wholesale onto Windows Phone (Nokia already dubbing Symbian as a 'legacy platform') remains to be seen, however.
Nokia has already confirmed it intends to maintain its own marketplace after the transition rebranded with Nokia's own colours though the logistics of this are unclear, given Microsoft currently only affords OEMs a section of the existing Windows Phone Marketplace, rather than a dedicated store.
[source: Mobile Apps Briefing]
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