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Services News - Written by Mikey Bee on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:26 - 7 Comments

Nokia ‘The Vid Store’ for Nokia N97 goes live!

Watching movies on your Nokia smartphone may be nothing new but being able to buy or rent the latest downloads certainly is. And now you can do just that via The Vid Store. Nokia is currently piloting movie downloads for the Nokia 5800, Nokia N97 and Nokia 5530 XpressMusic devices. Join us after the break for the full Vid Store shakedown…

Rumours of Nokia’s move into video started circulating last week with a teaser in the latest Nokia 5800 video (below). However, we can confirm it’s now been made official!

The Vid Store is a brand new app that can be downloaded from  Ovi Store that will allow you to buy or rent the latest movies using either you credit card or even PayPal. You can browse for movies either from your mobile or online. For each movie you’ll find a detailed synopsis along with the latest trailers.

At the moment the Vid Store app is very much in the trial stage and only available for Nokia touchscreen devices, such as the Nokia N97, Nokia 5800 and the recently launched Nokia 5530 XpressMusic.

With that in mind, Nokia has partnered with Paramount movies to pilot the scheme. There are currently over 70 titles in The Vid Store and include such recent hits as Eagle Eye and Ghost Town, as well as some real crackers like No Country For Old Men and Iron Man. As we mentioned, this is still very much in the trial phase but Nokia assures us it’s working hard to bring more studios on-board over the next few weeks and months.

DOWNLOAD: The Vid Store free and is available on Ovi Store now.

UPDATE: We’ve had a few people get in touch and say that it’s not on Ovi Store. You need to make sure you’re logged in with either a Nokia N97 or Nokia 5800 as your device, otherwise the app won’t show up!


Check out the video that broke the story:

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    benjezzy
    Aug 19, 2009 10:10

    Im afraid thr ovi store link is down!

    aliveone
    Aug 19, 2009 14:41

    Great concept, but how the devil do you create an account; I’m only getting offered log-in option?

    edward
    Aug 19, 2009 15:00

    Hmmm, can’t find it on the Ovi store, and that link is down. Maybe the Video Store went live before they meant to?

    chrisN97winner
    Aug 19, 2009 21:07

    i got it last night mike, its only a flash file that links you to the website. you cant download off the handset either. I downloaded a trailer an 2 mins was about 20 mb so quality will be good. bit pricey for films that u cant physically hold in ur hand i think too…..

    llaadd
    Aug 19, 2009 23:42

    this is not the official Nokia vid store according to sources, and i’m thankful that this is the case because it is horrible!

    firstly the most you can do on this app is view trailers, you cannot download directly onto the device.
    secondly this app is just a fancy short cut to the website, which is a complete waste of space on your phone!

    correct me if i’m wrong!

    cisto
    Aug 22, 2009 0:23

    Yes this doesn\’t look like the Nokia vidstore, plus it\’s not in the OVI store.

    Tried searching and also looking manually and no dice.

    cisto
    Aug 22, 2009 0:26

    This is only available in England (according to the Vidstore website) so I’m almost certain this has nothing to do with the eventual Nokia video service.

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