Nokia Ovi Store goes live in some countries, coming soon to AT&T

We just a got a press release stating that Ovi Store is open for business and that the store is available globally to an estimated 50 million Nokia device owners . Yesterday we saw that Aussies got the Ovi Store first

When we contacted Nokia they said that its currently available only in the following markets – Australia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom which support Operator billing

UPDATE : Looks like the Store Website is working in many countries

I just got my free star trek nokia ringtone from the store . Aren’t you downloading stuff yet ?

Also AT&T is bring the store to its users very soon says the release.

Would be interesting as AT&T is already having an download portal of its own and also iPhone users  in USA download apps from the iTunes App Store ..

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Press Release

Ovi Store opens for business

AT&T joins growing list of operators supporting new content service

Espoo, Finland – Today, Ovi Store by Nokia is available globally to an estimated 50 million Nokia device owners across more than 50 Nokia devices including the forthcoming flagship device, the Nokia N97. Customers can visit store.ovi.com through their Nokia device browser to immediately begin downloading, personalizing and making their devices smarter and more fun with applications, games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and location-based services and much more.

“Ovi Store is open for business and we’ve stocked the shelves with both local and global content for a broad range of Nokia devices,” said Tero Ojanperä, Executive Vice President, Nokia Services. “Ovi Store makes shopping for content and applications easy and fun for feature phone and smartphone owners alike.”

In available countries, customers can update their devices with the Ovi Store mobile application by selecting the Ovi Store icon in the Download! folder on their device. The mobile client is available in English, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish and supports operator billing in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom. Globally, credit card billing is available through the mobile application and the mobile website. Additional countries, languages, devices and features will be added throughout the year. AT&T plans to make Ovi Store available to its customers in the United States later this year.

“AT&T looks forward to introducing Ovi Store for our customers later this year,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “AT&T has a reputation for providing the most customer choice of content and applications and offering Ovi Store is in line with that strategy.”

Ovi Store is an evolving media service that consolidates Nokia’s existing content services into a one-stop-shop for free and paid content. Thousands of the content industry’s biggest names along with independent application developers are distributing their media, applications and games through Ovi Store. Content providers and application developers can continue to sign up to distribute their content through Ovi Store by visiting publish.ovi.com.