Sony Ericsson’s new phone, the XPERIA X10 will be available in selected markets in the first quarter of 2010. Previously we reported on the decision of Sony Ericsson to pre-install Android Market, now however they announced that PlayNow will be pre-installed on the device. Sony Ericsson doesn’t report anything about whether Android Market will still be pre-installed on the device as well.
Sony Ericsson invited developers to submit Android applications to PlayNow right, which can be done here. Besides Android, PlayNow Arena supports Java, Symbian, Flash Lite and Windows Mobile content. The revenue share for developers is 70%, the same as on Android Market and for distributing other content than Android apps using PlayNow.
We have updated the store in our app store overview on appstores.info
EDIT: Sony Ericsson just tweeted about the fact that Android Market will be available on all SE Android Phones and will not be replaced with PlayNow.
Remco van den Elzen