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Wednesday April 29, 2009
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Nokia is planning a big app store launch with its Ovi brand here in the U.S., but it looks like things just got a little more complicated. Originally, Nokia was going to set up integrated carrier billing. This way, when you buy an app or media content, or sign up for a service, the cost would just be added to your next cell phone bill.
Unfortunately, for an undisclosed reason, that's no longer going to happen, according to The Guardian. This isn't necessarily a big deal, since RIM and Apple don't offer integrated billing either--each one requires you to have Paypal and iTunes Store accounts, respectively. But it's still not great news, especially since Nokia is struggling to get carriers to pick up any of their high-end, higher-profit smartphones here in the states.
Nokia is also cutting 360 jobs in its Internet Services division, as the vendor moves to integrate more properties under the Ovi Store umbrella, according to the report.
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