Microsoft to abolish Nokia Store
Microsoft has announced that the Opera Mobile Store will become the default app store on Nokia's feature phones, as well as on Symbian and Nokia X smartphones. The Nokia Store, also known as Ovi, will be abandoned at the same time.
The press release announcing the closure of the Nokia Store came out immediately after Opera Software and Microsoft entered into a cooperation agreement.
Starting in the first quarter of 2015, owners of Nokia Series 40, Series 60, Symbian, Asha and Nokia X devices will be automatically redirected to the Opera Mobile Store when they try to visit the Nokia Store.
The transition process is expected to take three months. After that, the Nokia Store will be closed.
The Pocketgamer resource assumes that as a result, the Opera Mobile Store will become the third largest app store after the App Store and GooglePlay.
"We continue to sell and support classic Nokia devices — they are still popular in many countries," said Rich Bernardo, head of mobile devices at Microsoft Corporation.
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