Applications are currently available for download from Ovi Store will remain available after that date, and their developers will continue to receive compensation for them. The only thing that will not be possible is to upgrade the existing applications or issue a new ones.

Although Nokia will not prevent downloads of existing applications to these two platforms, announced denial of support is the first step in a complete shut-down of the platform, because the question is how long users will want to use outdated applications.

[Ed - It looks more and more like Nokia is prepping to be a Microsoft department. It will be interesting to watch as they move forward especially considering that Windows phone occupies a very small portion of the market.]

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