Free Downloads from the Ovi Store

By Rico, 9:09 am Mon Dec 14 2009 - Deals & Promos - What Do You Think?

Owners of S60 3rd and 5th edition Nokia phones can still visit the Ovi Store to download apps and games for free.

Owners of recent high-end Nokia phones like the N97 mini, and touchscreen phones like the 5530 and 5230, can enjoy the freebies from store.ovi.com. A step-by-step for those who need their hand held throughout the process:

1. Go to store.ovi.com in your Nokia device browser
2. Once in the store you can browse through several different menus: Recommended, Applications, Games, Audio & Video, Personalisation
3. Each menu has a search field where you can enter search terms to find what you are looking for. If you are looking for social networking applications, for example, go to the “Applications” menu and type “social networks.”
4. To download an application, simply select it with the cursor or by touching the screen on enabled devices and then select “Download.” After downloading the content, it will be installed automatically in your “Applications” folder (“Installations” on the Nokia E71). You will see a description of each piece of content plus a rating (if one has been given).
5. To write a review yourself simply scroll down and select “Write a review.” You can also see related content and report any issues you find.
6. To get content from a different menu, simply press the “back” key until you see the main menu tabs again: Applications, Games, Audio & Video, Personalisation, etc.
7. To download a game, for example, simply select the “Games” tab. (It is recommended that you download larger files such as games over a WLAN connection, as the content will download faster.)
8. To buy any content, simply select “Buy” and first enter your Nokia Account details. If you don’t have a Nokia Account you will be prompted to set one up. You can then enter your payment details inside Ovi Store. Select countries will allow for mobile billing, but credit cards are accepted globally.
9. At any time you can see a record of your activity or define your browsing preferences by selecting the “Options” menu on your device. Here you can see popular apps, free content, channels categories and more. You can also view your account information.

A highlight: Gameloft, a publisher of mobile games, has made practically their entire catalog available for free, for a limited time. Just visit http://store.ovi.com/publisher/gameloftspecial on your mobile browser for more information, and to see what you can get for free.

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