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Round 3 - Nokia's App store requires a Valid SIM card to work

Invalid SIMs don't allow you to download apps from the Nokia App store for some reason. Totally unfriendly. You just get an "download error" message (and the download partially succeeds without a SIM card). Anyhow, popped a valid SIM card in and was able to download ShutterPro and CameraPro finally! (see part 2 for earlier attempts)

Ovi store purchase of CameraFX failed I believe because there's no SIM card & it's trying to do carrier billing

Would have been nice to have a proper error message like "Purchase failed because there's no SIM card and therefore we don't know who to bill. Please insert a SIM card or add a credit card number to your OVI account and try again". Tyranny of the SIM card and tyranny of the carriers all in one!

I will add a credit card number to my OVI account and try again and post a blog post on what I find. (hopefully not a case of the #maplesyrupcurtain :-) !)

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