17th July 2009
Symbian has announced plans to enter the mobile app market by launching a one-stop shop for developers to help them build their apps for the platform.
The Symbian Horizon app publishing scheme will be fully launched in October this year and help developers to create and promote the apps via existing mobile app stores.
Services to be made available through the hub include app certification, language translation and marketing programs.
Symbian Horizon will enable apps to be built for multiple stores, including Nokia's Ovi Store, the Samsung Applications Store and AT&T's Media Mall.
"Our goal is to encourage robust application development, increase revenue and application diversity in mobile stores, and improve the consumer experience – all for the greater benefit of the mobile ecosystem," commented Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian Foundation.
Symbian predicts that there will be four billion global mobile phone users by 2010. It is set to move its platform to the open source market within the next two years.
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