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Symbian's Horizon: one app store to rule them all?
Engadget Mobile —
... Mobile app stores are quickly approach "a dime a dozen" status -- they're proliferating among carriers, manufacturers, and platform vendors alike, which is a recipe for consumer confusion and developer discontent. The Symbian Foundation appears to see that ...
Symbian Horizon facilitará la publicación de aplicaciones en S60
Celularis —
... Symbian Horizon es gratis (no se llevarán ninguna comisión ni nada por el estilo para publicar las apps) y si algún desarrollador nos está leyendo puede ir a registrarse en el sitio oficial de Symbian ya que aseguran: “vamos a hacer a tus aplicaciones famosas”. ...
What's Now: Society's to blame for the pilfering of Twitter
Betanews —
... Thursday, July 16, 2009 • Why should Apple and Palm and RIM and Nokia and Samsung and... well, it must have looked to Symbian like everyone else really was having all the fun, so it has announced a program to encourage applications development and a more orderly system of distribution. It's actually a middleman project of sorts -- the Symbian Horizon program will evaluate programs offered unto it and decide which are good enough to be offered to existing Symbian apps stores. ...
Symbian Sets Sights On Mobile App 'Horizon'
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... store, instead it will support the dozens of existing Symbian stores hosted by carriers and mobile device makers. Symbian compared its Horizon application publishing platform to a book publisher or record label, calling it a one-stop shop for developers who want to reach a wide swath of mobile application stores. "Horizon will provide a service that allows developers to write an application once and publish in dozens of stores worldwide," Symbian said. According to the Symbian Horizon Web site , developers can publish applications once into a centralized catalog. From ...
Symbian Sets Sights On Mobile App 'Horizon'
The Channel Wire —
... store, instead it will support the dozens of existing Symbian stores hosted by carriers and mobile device makers. Symbian compared its Horizon application publishing platform to a book publisher or record label, calling it a one-stop shop for developers who want to reach a wide swath of mobile application stores. "Horizon will provide a service that allows developers to write an application once and publish in dozens of stores worldwide," Symbian said. According to the Symbian Horizon Web site , developers can publish applications once into a centralized catalog. From ...
Symbian's App Publishing Platform Sounds Like a Rehab Clinic [Symbian Apps]
Gizmodo —
... Symbian's Horizon program works like a record label or book publisher, says Cnet. You submit an app—please make it a good one, since they have manually review it and they're "starting small"—and Symbian will make sure it's kosher and then push it to a bunch of phone app stores, like Noka's Ovi trainwreck. Good luck guys. I mean that very sincerely. [Symbian via ...
Symbian's Horizon App Publishing Platform Sounds Like a Rehab Clinic [Symbian Apps]
Gizmodo —
... Symbian's Horizon program works like a record label or book publisher, says Cnet. You submit an app—please make it a good one, since they have manually review it and they're "starting small"—and Symbian will make sure it's kosher and then push it to a bunch of phone app stores, like Noka's Ovi trainwreck. Good luck guys. I mean that very sincerely. [Symbian via ...
Nokia stock nosedives as Apple gains on market leader
AppleInsider —
... in year-over-year growth. To address investor concerns, Nokia announced Thursday its response to the App Store: Symbian Horizon . "We're starting small and can only work with a limited number of apps initially," the site reads, "so sign up now to be one of the first apps to make it big via Symbian Horizon." As Nokia struggles to retain its stature, a rumor emerged this week that the handset maker could buy rival manufacturer Palm . This as market watchers like Barron's told investors it was time to ...
Symbian Foundation Horizon
Mobile Phone Development —
... I like this idea, especially for hobby developers or companies new to Symbian OS who may not have the resources or technical knowledge to get an application to market. More details can be found on the Symbian Foundation website (needs free signup). ...
China is the next Silicon Valley, proclaims Symbian Foundation director
Betanews —
... In a joint statement with the Symbian Foundation yesterday, China Mobile announced they will now encourage developers to create Symbian apps by including Symbian Signed services in the China Mobile Market submission process, and to support Symbian's app publishing software called Horizon. The addition of both of these services makes the submission and approval of Symbian apps much easier. ...
