Nokia’s Ovi Store has just hit a record number of visitors reaching 7.62 million downloads in a single day. The previous record was registered in October of the last year and it was only 3 million, so now the number has increased more than twice! Most likely the main reason for the popularity increase is the manufacturer’s decision to get rid of the typical registration and login requirements.

According to the same statistics, the number of the users in India has tripled. And India is the biggest market for Nokia, as the number of Nokia users is quite high there.

However, the stats of Nokia are not that great if compared with monthly 13 million users of Apple’s iStore. But here we should remember that Apple offers not only smartphones, but also tablets and iPods, which are rather popular among the youth now.

Soon Windows Phone devices will be released, and the Ovi Store will be merged. It will host a list of third-party apps and features designed for the devices based on this OS.

This increase of downloads seems to be a good sign showing that Nokia is still capable of fighting for its place in the market.

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There are many good games designed for Nokia’s Symbian^3 OS, but in this post I tried to select and introduce only those I enjoy most of all. And here they are…

1. Since I’m an RPG-addict, there’s nothing odd in the fact that the first game in my list is an RPG, and it’s called Eternal Legacy HD. It has great 3D graphics and an interesting plot. As in any RPG, you can travel and explore the world of the game for many hours, talk to people you meet (make them join your team, take quests, learn some secrets from them), enjoy the well-made fights and try to save Algoad and restore the bond between nature and humans.

You can download this game from here for $4.99.

And here is a video demonstrating this cool game on the Nokia N8. Check it out.

2. Not everyone likes playing RPG. It takes much time and concentration, after all, so many people prefer more simple games. That’s why the second game in my list is a simple 2D game that has something in common with the famous Angry Birds (no, no Angry Birds in my list!). I’m speaking about the game called Fragger that can be found in the Ovi Store for €3.00.

Fragger is a puzzle game based on physics laws developed by Miniclip, and it runs on Symbian^3 and Symbian Anna devices. Your task is to throw grenades at some far objects and enemies and explode them. 10 different words, 310 game levels of Fragger will guarantee you many hours of fun.

You can have a look at the gameplay of Fragger here, in this video:

3. The third game from my list is a bit strange, but unusual and interesting anyway. TreeMaker is developed by Mikrotie Ltd for Symbian^3-based smartphones. Your task is to control a funny black bird that jumps from one platform to another like the Spiderman and “makes” (or grows or whatever)… trees! No matter how strange it sounds, the game seems to be very interesting.

On this video you can see how the game works on the Nokia N950:

You can download the game from the Ovi Store for €1.00. Please note that the game is 55.66MB and it takes about three minutes to install it (Nokia Smart will automatically run before the game installer).

Nokia’s Ovi Store is a real “armory” for all Nokia branded handsets; the store hosts a number of applications, videos, images, and ring tones for your phone.  Recently Ovi Store has got an update which brought it to the version 2.2.3 , however after the installation About screen may reveal the version 2.04.00038, so don’t worry.  The path release of the version 2.2.3 comes with a number of improvements and  fixes.

Take a look at the Ovi Store changelog:

• Full Arabic Support Installation support for Qt based apps
• Numerous fixes to the Store client on the Symbian^3 family of devices
• A Search fix for more relevant searches on all platforms
• A Bug fix for TMO US E72 Customers

A pop up message should notify you of the application being available.

Are you a fan of Annoying Orange? Annoying Orange is  youtube’s animated celebrity which has about 1.5 million Annoying Orange subscribers already. I have plugged a funny Christmassy video that may interest all  fans of this “crazy fruit”.

In the video we can see that Annoying Orange – a video project on Youtube, who is only 6 months, can move on to the Ovi Store.  The Annoying Orange comes with a Christmas and a “flamin’ good new year wishes and also promises to land on Ovi in January 2011.

The animated Orange usually sits on the kitchen counter and mocks other nearby animated characters who fall into his field of vision.

For now we can only guess what  kind of orange content will appear in the Ovi Store this coming January, whether there will be an apps, wallpapers, themes, videos, well who knows.

Check out this funny video below

You thought your Symbian^3 smartphone will miss out all the Angry Birds fun this holiday season, no way,  Nokia won’t let that happen. Rovio announced that its Christmassy Angry Birds Seasons  is now available for download on the Nokia N8 and C7.

The Seasons Greedings come along with 25 levels, which means 25 daily surprises for Angry Birds fans. It is more like an Advent Calender, with a new level to unlock every day.

The app also includes the 45-levels of previously published Halloween version, which is now named Trick or Treat.

Spend the remaining days until Christmas with Angry Birds!

Poor radio reception on your Nokia device, can be quite annoying for radio nerds, I know that for sure.
But why be dependent on weak antenna signals, if you can stream numberless radio stations over the web with a single Absolute Radio app. Hold on to know more about the Absolute Radio app possibilities.

Absolute Radio is a free app available at the Ovi Store. Let’s check out how it works.  If your location is poor for signals and cause interference with FM stations, then the Absolute Radio is a perfect way out as it uses your data connection instead. Another plus is that you can stream the app right from the internet and there is no need to plug in a set of headphones, all in one solution.

To watch the app in action, check the video below!

Ovi Store hosts a lot of fantastic apps and more than that the number of apps is gradually increasing. Now another handy app has come to win your heart.

If you are constantly digging around the Wikipedia website then you should add on a Wikipedia Reader app to your Nokia device.  The app fully integrates with the website and becomes an accessible widget on your Nokia home screen.

With a single click you can search for anything in Wikipedia world. TheWikipedia Reader helps to save a lot time so you won’t  have to wait for web pages to configure themselves.

In order to see this app in action watch the video

Want to be in the know of all the latest news and hot gossips? Be prepared to absorb yourself in the world of information as with the Mirror Mobile app you will not miss a single event. Read after the break to learn more.

If you are very busy but still do not want to lose track of recent events and gossips just launch the app and there you go all the world will be transferred into your Nokia device.
Everything you need to know is here news, celebrity gossip, sport events and current affairs!
Check out the video for more!

Wait for a free minute to play some puzzle games on your Nokia N8?
Ovi store has updated its database with three freaky puzzle games for all intellectual game lovers; by the way they are free. If you want to occupy yourself with something then check out one of these puzzle games for your favorite Nokia N8.

Blast Blox

Blast Blox  is a wonderful and revolutionary new puzzle for. The games has  40 insane levels with increasing difficulty, and excellent graphics. The new colorful puzzle game theme is comprised of colorful blocks. You should add colorful blocks of the same color and earn points. The more  same color blocks you get, the more points you will have.

Gems XXL

Funny new puzzle game with multi-colored, bright crysta. Each level is distinguished by its difficulty. The puzzle is in the style of the famous Bejeweled.
The game, developed specifically for Nokia sensor devices , you need to combine colored crystals and get a bonus score to go to the next level, each  new level is becoming increasingly difficult.

Jigsaw Puzzle

Jigsaw Puzzle is a fascinating  puzzle game for your touchscreen phones based on Symbian S60 5th. Bright and cheerful graphics, attractive puzzles will accompany you throughout the game.  This classic puzzle will help to brighten up an evening.

Enjoy these wonderful puzzle games on your Nokia N8.

Nokia geaks hurry to visit the Ovi Store.

The application Swype for the smartphone Nokia N8 has officially arrived at Nokia’s Ovi Store according to the thenokiablog.com.
Recall that Swype makes  your gadget more functional and provides users with  the possibility of very fast typing due to its original text input technology.

So far users can communicate in English, Spanish, French Canadian and Brazilian Portuguese.

The application is a 3.3 MB download and it is absolutely free.