A few months ago (let's say 7) before the release of Nokia N900, there wasn't an OVI Store for this device. During one of those boring winter weekends with nothing interesting to do, I decided to draw a few ideas. I focused on how OVI Store would look for this particular device. A few weeks after working on my designs, I was surprised by Nokia's own design and release of the OVI store for the N900. I was, actually, expecting much more as it was very similar to other OVI stores for other Nokia handsets. I understand that they wanted to bring the same user experience throughout all the different phones, but with this new real state screen the user interface could have been improved. They weren't able to take advantage of the whole screen, the marketing and sales area wasn't used at its full potential. I have shared these designs with some of my friends, but I have never shared them with the wide public. I must say that I admire Nokia's work and do not want to underestimate their job, I just wanted to have a say and share my vision. And it also a good exercise!

1. Redesign OVI store for Nokia N900
Rui Barroca - UI Designer

2. OVI Store for Nokia N900
Release in January 2010 - Official Ovi Store Beta

3. OVI Store for Nokia N900
Nokia N900
800 x 480 pixels
Maemo Browser
265 PPI
Wi-Fi & HSDPA
Touch Screen

4. OVI Store for Nokia N900
Designing for finger use
800 pixels
70 px
100 px
480 pixels

5. OVI Store for Nokia N900
Divide the screen area in sections to design the layout
Title Bar
OVI store logo and Sign In and Register
Content area
Activity area
Tool Bar
Main navigation area includes
Home - Categories - My Stuff - Search

6. OVI Store for Nokia N900
Sketching ideas
Title Bar
OVI store logo and Sign In and Register
Promo module
385 x 170 pixels
Welcome area
Gallery App module
Use the arrow to navigate
through the recommended
apps. Only 6 apps can be Main navigation area includes
viewed at a time Home - Categories - My Stuff - Search

7. OVI Store for Nokia N900
Wireframes - UI / UX
Application module
385 x 170 pixels
Welcome module
385 x 170 pixels
Gallery App module
Use the arrow to navigate
through the recommended
apps. Only 6 apps can be
viewed at a time
Home button - On

8. OVI Store for Nokia N900
Home screen - Final design

9. OVI Store for Nokia N900
User interaction
02 - OVI store loading
Green background and OVI Store logo
01 - OVI store icon
Touch the OVI Store
icon on the screen
03 - OVI store Home page
Welcome message and recommendation for this device

10. OVI Store for Nokia N900
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