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The long awaited launch of the Ovi Store, Nokia’s very own answer to the iTunes App Store has been launched. Nokia have been trying to play catch-up with Apple since the launch, and success of the iPhone, this is their attempt to innovate some of their products even further.

What Ovi offers is the opportunity of purchase and download games, applications, music, videos, podcasts and other items of interest. This can be donw by simply pointing your compatable Nokia handset to http://store.ovi.com/.

There is no word on how credit card payments can be taken for purchasing items. This will clearly need to be effortless, seeing as how easy and well established the payment process Apple has for its iTunes App Store. Also, there is no indication whether PayPal can be supported.

The Ovi service is available in Ireland. Have a go and let us know what you think.