Following Apple
Microsoft and
Nokia are to open their own stores designed to deliver programs and applications
for mobile phones, following the success of the fruit themed religion of the
smug, Apple.
Microsoft is planning to open an online bazaar for its Windows
Mobile operating system. Redmond is also considering offering a more
sophisticated version of Windows Mobile to handle online application stores
better.
Microsoft launched a limited release of its "My Phone" service, which
syncs information such as contacts, e-mail and appointments on your mobile to a
password protected website. Meanwhile Nokia is planning a platform that
allows for the central sale and distribution of programs and games for
Symbian.
However Nokia has the headache of linking Mosh, Download! and
Software Market into one single application store. We are expecting Microsoft
and Nokia to show something off at the Mobile World Congress, although neither
are saying anything about it.