14 DAY TRIAL // Symbian-based mobile phone users have now yet another reason to rejoice, as one of the long-expected and already rumored features of Ovi Store has just become official: re-downloads. We reported a few weeks ago that the software portal would offer users the possibility to re-download applications they had already purchased and which had lost. Now, the official announcement on the availability of this feature has been spotted on the Ovi Blog.
What re-downloads is all about includes the possibility for those who purchased premium content to re-download, recover, and restore the content they might have lost. The number of applications, games, and other content available through the Ovi Store is continuously growing, and users also tend to get a larger amount of content on their handsets, which increases the chances for something to happen with it.
“With this latest Store release, we’ve added a simple way for you to restore content that you purchased and downloaded through Store to your device. We take very seriously the fulfillment of content that is acquired through the Store, and while we can’t prevent certain events that may cause damage or the loss of content, we can make it easier for you to re-acquire it. Please watch this short tutorial below to learn more about how to re-download previously purchased content,” the official announcement on the feature states.
If you take a look at the video, you will learn that the mobile client application for Ovi Store has also been updated. Those using S60 devices will have to update to version 1.5(387) or higher to enjoy the re-download feature, while S40 device owners to 1.6.1 or higher. The new version of the mobile client for S60 phones is already available for download, while S40 devices will only see it starting with the end of this week.
The search experience with the Ovi Store seems to have been improved as well, and there are also other aspects users will enjoy, the post on Ovi Blog says - “And regardless of how you shop the Store, we will honor purchases made before this new version, so if you purchased the BlockGO game in August and it didn’t download properly, give it another shot by visiting the My Stuff section of the store. We hope content redownloading will improve the way you use and enjoy content acquired through the Store by providing a simple, easy, and no-hassle way to make you and your content whole again.”