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Just like any other mobile manufacturer, Nokia also has an app store for its multimedia phones. Yes, you guessed it right, we are talking about Ovi Store from Nokia. Unfortunately, Nokia does not allow you to download Ovi Store apps to computer. However, there is a trick to download Ovi Store apps to computer, which can be later transferred to your Nokia phone.

Prerequisites:

• Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10 or earlier.
• PC running Windows OS.
• Nokia Multimedia phone.
• Nokia account.

Guide to download Nokia Ovi store application to PC:

• Open Mozilla Firefox and go to Tools >> Add-ons.
• Click on Get Add-ons tab and search for User Agent Switcher.
• Install User Agent Switcher and restart Firefox.
• Open Notepad and paste the following codes:

• Replace all 5230 in the above code with the model number of your phone ( I tested this on Nokia 5230), like N97 for Nokia N97, or E71 for Nokia E71, and so on.
• Save this file with .xml extension.
• Now open Firefox and go to Tools >> Default User Agent >> Edit User Agents.
• Click on Import.
• Browse and add the above mentioned .xml file.
• Now go to Tools >> Default User Agent and select your phone’s model number.
• Open http://store.ovi.mobi/.

Now, Firefox will work as the default browser of your phone, and you can download any Ovi Store file on your PC, and then transfer them to your phone via USB cable or Bluetooth.

Note: Once you complete downloading Ovi Store applications, change user agent back to default user agent, by going to Tools >> Default User Agent >> Default User Agent, else Firefox will keep behaving like your mobile phone’s browser.