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Sony Ericsson is joining the app store wave. Following the announcement that PlayNow Arena will offer mobile movie downloads, the company also announced the apps are coming as well.
For the purpose, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker partnered with the mobile application store GetJar, which will handle all the hassle in the back-end for the upcoming store. Applications will be offered in 13 countries that currently support PlayNow arena, and the service platform will be compatible with 38 Sony Ericsson phone models. More markets and phones will be added in the future.
As for the launch date – we don’t have it. We do, however, know when the application submission process begins. It’s July 1st, when interested developers and publishers will be able to submit their Java ME and Symbian OS-based apps. Later in the year, Sony Ericsson will include support for other platforms…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
