It has 9,500 different apps available and the average user downloads 8.5 apps per month.

China is the biggest market for app downloads on Ovi. This comes less than a week after Nokia launched its Comes With Music service in the country, offering unlimited downloads stripped of DRM.

ABI Research recently forecast that 6bn apps will be downloaded globally this year, up from 2.4bn last year. While Apple will remain dominant, Android will account for 800m of the 6bn downloads. ...