UK residents have recently been exposed to some very iPhone-esq “There’s an app for that” advertising from Nokia promoting the Ovi store. Except the only application that I’ve seen advertised is Gravity, a twitter client.
Being a recent signup to the twittering classes I’m still playing about with various twitter applications on my N97, so it was kind of nice to know of another one.
So off I go to the Ovi store… A search for “twitter” produced “Gravity – 10 day trail”… Oh, no mention of this in the advert, or maybe there was some small print on the bottom of the screen only visible on a 1080P HD broadcast. I wondered how much. £8! That’s a bit steep for a twitter client, it’s not exactly a complicated protocol, and I already had 3 applications that could do it on my N97 which cost a grand total of £0 (tweets60, Fring and Nimbuzz).
I decided to have a look at exactly what this £8 application could provide that the others couldn’t. As Ovi is particularly crap at giving detailed information on applications, I did a little google for the author and ended up on their main site. You can buy it direct from there too (don’t forget you’re a Nokia owner, not an iPhone owner who is tied into one source!)… Guess what… £6.05!
Funny value, probably due to a currency converstion, but even allowing for a little fluctuation, it still won’t come close to the Ovi store’s £8.
I guess you the Ovi store customer are paying rather directly for the advert!
So let this be a warning, just because it’s in the Ovi store, it doesn’t mean you have to purchase it from there. Use the freedom of not being an Apple drone, and have a look for other sources, it could save you more than a few pennies.
