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Apple has one, Nokia has one, Research In Motion has one, and now fellow mobile phone manufacturing giant Sony Ericsson has announced its intention to take a bite out of the tasty application and downloadable content pie.
Sony Ericsson looks to get in on the application action. Image: Sony Ericsson.
Officially announced on June 03 during the annual JavaOne software developers’ conference in San Francisco, Sony Ericsson has said its customers will be able to access a wide range of applications such as games, tools and utilities by August of this year.
Although not yet carrying a confirmed name, Sony Ericsson’s new store will have its work cut out in finding traction when considering the dominance of Apple’s App Store, which only required a mere nine months of operation to surpass one billion downloads.
While Sony Ericsson might suffer from being a little late to the app party, the joint Japanese/Swedish technology team is hoping compatibility with several software platforms will increase the appeal of its upcoming service.
Specifically, while the download store will obviously function with Sony Ericsson’s internal platforms and be heavily slanted towards mobile Java, it will also play host to the hugely popular Symbian operating system (used by Nokia), Microsoft’s Windows Mobile format, and also the Google-backed Android system.
From August, the new download service will be rolled out across 13 countries already supported by Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow music and media store. The service is expected to expand across further territories before the end of 2009.
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