Success of the iPhone’s app store has been phenomenal, and while other similar app stores may not be such huge hits, they do show promise, profitability and consumers usually heart the availability of such options. The latest phone maker to announce an app store is Samsung, whose application store for smartphones will go live on September 14. Coming quick on the heels of Samsung’s announcement of readying a new Linux-based smartphone OS, this just goes on to give an indication of the plans Samsung has for the mobile phone market.
Upon its launch, the Samsung application store will host nearly 300 apps and support only the Samsung Omnia and Samsung Omnia i8910 HD phones. Samsung hopes to increase the number of applications to 2000 by the end of this year, and also increase the number of supported handsets. To be available online at http://samsungapps.com/ the store will initially be available in UK, France and Italy, and will eventually be available in more countries.