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When a big carrier like Verizon unveils its offering for developers, we see quite a few companies and individials applying to participate. On that note, the carrier announced that more than 1,000 developers have registered to become part of the VDC, only a month after the Verizon Developer Community (VDC) Conference.
Verizon’s Apply Your Ideas contest certainly helped bring all those companies on board, but it’s also the fact that so many people rely on Verizon’s mobile services, all which could be potential application buyers.
Anyway, just wanted to point out how a carrier could embrace the app store business. Not that I’m all for Verizon — they are probably the single most closed operator in the U.S. — but I still love the idea of offering mobile applications, no matter how closed your system is, or how intentionally crippled (in terms of functionality) your phones are.
Again, additional details about Verizon’s contest is available from a dedicated website.
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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.
