Today at Mobile2.0 in Barcelona, Vodafone spoke about the Vodafone 360 App Store. Only two days ago, Vodafone announced that the Vodafone 360 services would be extended to Android devices. According to Vodafone, the launch of the Vodafone 360 shop for Android highlights Vodafone’s commitment to bringing the 360 Shop to popular, market-leading handsets. By doing so, Vodafone aims to offer developers an attractive native or cross-platform proposition.
In conjunction with the recent launch of the Vodafone 360 Shop for Android, Vodafone started a Beta program to enable free native Android apps to be presented for submission to the Vodafone 360 shop. These native Android apps will be available in the 360 shop alongside the JIL-based apps.
Besides all app store news, Vodafone launched an Object Browser aimed at developers, powered by Uxebo. Using Object Browser, developers can retrieve phone capabilities and available APIs in one click.
According to Vodafone’s presentation of today, over 8,500 apps have been published to the 360 Shop till today. Eight European markets range over 100 different handsets capable of accessing the Vodafone 360 services.
The Vodafone 360 Shop on Android will launch this summer on the HTC Wildfire and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro.
Ruben Heerdink