So according to store.ovi.com, there are four major categories :Applications, Games, Audio&Video and Personalsation. Applications category includes sub categories like Utilities, Social Networks, Maps, etc apps. Personalsation covers all ringtones, themes and wallpapers.

My new post tonight in regards to Android vs Ovi should give you some ideas about how to bring devs and consumers together.

2 quick questions – what are you including in 'Applications' (aren't most of them 'applications'?) Also, what are you including in 'Personalisation'?.

I agree with you re the content opportunity areas for developers. I work with the Ovi team (as an agency partner) and we're looking for new ways to bring developers and consumers together — your energies around this are much appreciated!

Thom Kennon

I did a comparison before writing the article and the apps available for N95 and N97 were pretty similar so I decided to go with the latest handset.

In regards to number of titles available, I agree….its alway been that manufactures count different localized version separately. That didn't occur to me…thanks for pointing it out.

The 20,000 figure may be the same method that console manufacturers use for “titles”, i.e. all the different localised versions counted separately.

Sony sometimes claims there are 20,000 titles on the PS2, but if you remove the duplicates in different languages the figure for true unique titles is actually something like 5000.

It's very difficult to measure the number of releases on Ovi Store though as there seems to be a lot of variation depending on where you're accessing it from and which handset you have selected. As I said before, it's best to select the all handsets option if you want a broader picture, but even this seems to vary by region.

It might be better to use something like the N95 which has been around a while and has a mass audience, which means it has a lot more software support.

It will be nice if we can get some clearfication on that from Nokia.