Ovi Store wants to teach you a lesson

GLOBAL � One tricky part of buying mobile applications is that very often � unless you�ve read an in-depth review or have seen the app working on a friend�s device � you don�t know quite what you�re getting. Yes, the description says what it can do, but can it do those things well? You normally don�t know until you�ve got it. Happily, the folk at the Ovi Daily App blog feel your pain and have come up with a cunning plan to put paid to the post-purchase blues.

Introducing Ovi Daily App Tutorials � they�re available from the �Tutorials� tab at the top of the blog, sensibly enough. Each presents a web-based walkthrough of either what an application does or how to achieve specific tasks with them. The step-by-step instructions are complemented by graphical display of what it will look like on a phone � a Nokia N97 mini, at present, but there are plans to include other devices. But really, if your phone is modern enough to be running Ovi Store software, then there shouldn�t be too much difference between this and the way the applications will work on your own device.

At present, there are five tutorials online, with a new one promised every Tuesday. The Ovi Daily App folk would also like to hear your requests for apps in need of a tutorial. Leave them in the comments, either here, or on the announcement post.