This article is from WMExperts : One of the biggest changes to the Windows Phone 7 ecosystem is the installation of applications: you can only install them via the Marketplace and all programs need to be approved by Microsoft. A lot of anger was directed against Microsoft for this decision, but we actually...

I came across this article this morning: Full article here QUOTE: In 2009, smartphone sales reached 172.4 million units, a 23.8 percent increase from 2008. In 2009, smartphone-focused vendors like Apple and Research In Motion (RIM) successfully captured market share from other larger device producers...

This article is from Appscout : MobiHand has released its On-Device Windows Mobile App Stor e, beating Microsoft to the punch by four days . MobiHand's store will work with Windows Mobile 6.5 as well as older devices, and let users find, try, and buy apps over the air from their handsets. Taking...

This article is from PC World : Samsung Electronics will launch an application store on Sep. 14 with applications and content for its Omnia smartphones, it said on Monday. Users in the U.K., France and Italy will have access to the store first, with the service rolling out in another 30 countries in...

This article is from WMExperts : Juniper Research has released mobile application market projects that puts the number of mobile application downloads to approach 20 billion (that's with a B) per year by 2014. Like it or not, Apples' App Store, which passed a billion downloads earlier this year...

This article is from PC World : Samsung plans to launch a mobile application store in Europe this quarter, following an increasingly popular path to revenue inspired by Apple's iPhone App Store. The handset maker opened a beta version of its application store in the U.K. early this year, but it will...

I was sitting in my office at home really thinking about buying a WM device today. I cannot tell you how unproductive and time wasting I have felt over this last month, And I guess the mobile news for me lately has been App Store. Now that MS is close to launching Marketplace "everyone" will...

This article is from Reuters : LG Electronics Inc , the world's No. 3 handset maker, is launching an online store for mobile phone applications Tuesday with an initial focus on Asia and aspirations for a more global reach by year-end. Phone makers and mobile firms worldwide are in a race to match...

This article is from Information Week : Posted by Ed Hansberry , Jun 22, 2009 10:27 PM Apple retains quite a bit of control over what is posted to the App Store and some are arguing that instead of the iPhone being a device that is open and allowing users to be limited only by their imagination, it is...

--- data restrictions might worry developers,however - see the full story from PC Magazine .