The success of Apple's AppStore for iPhone and iPod Touch has prompted two major rivals to follow suit.
Handset giant Nokia and Microsoft have announced their own versions of the online markets for mobile device application software, or apps.
From May, Nokia's Ovi Store will offer apps as well as multimedia content specific to a user's location.
Microsoft's new "Windows Phones" will feature Windows Marketplace, launching in the last quarter of 2009.
Microsoft has also announced a service allowing synchronisation and backup of data from mobiles "in the cloud".
App and stance
One of the standout stories from 2008 in the mobile communications world was the success of Apple's AppStore - a marketplace allowing developers to write programs ranging from productivity utilities to games.
Handset giant Nokia and Microsoft have announced their own versions of the online markets for mobile device application software, or apps.
From May, Nokia's Ovi Store will offer apps as well as multimedia content specific to a user's location.
Microsoft's new "Windows Phones" will feature Windows Marketplace, launching in the last quarter of 2009.
Microsoft has also announced a service allowing synchronisation and backup of data from mobiles "in the cloud".
App and stance
One of the standout stories from 2008 in the mobile communications world was the success of Apple's AppStore - a marketplace allowing developers to write programs ranging from productivity utilities to games.
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