A Store is Comming to a Phone Near You!

New term MAS: Mobile Application Store. Interesting article in Vision Mobile.

Here is a list of some of the MAS or efforts that plan to add MAS to their developer offerings:

• Apples iPhone AppStore is up and running with payment through Apple iTunes and developers get 70% cut.
  
• Google has a Market for Android where they now allow payment and promise 70% cut to developers. You choose the Payment Processor. Here is the Developer Distribution Agreement. Articles on Market in Rethink Wireless: Google to let paid-for apps into Andorid Marked, Android Market officially opens
  
• RIM is planning Blackberry Application Storefront to open in March and will use PayPal to process payments. It promises 80% cut for developers.
  
• Microsoft is planning an application store for Windows Mobil called SkyMarket. This is done in conjunction with upgrade to WM 6.
• Palm has created a Software Store that also deliver to Windows Mobile devices.
• O2 in the UK has a store named Litmus with a developer community. At present it seems to be web only but there are (probably) plans for an on-device version.
  
• T-Mobile plans a devPartner Community Store in 2009. At present it is just a developer community.
• Nokia Download! has exited for some time (since 2006) but not taken off... Why is shortly discussed in the article mentioned at the top.
• GetJar is a MAS, and rather successfull, but does not have an on-device store front.
• Handango offers InHand, an on-device storefront which features ratings, recommended and best seller apps. InHand can be freely downloaded from the Handango site and in some cases comes pre-loaded on handsets.
• mPortal offers a white label client-server product that combines an on-device storefront, application provisioning, aggregation of 3rd party application catalogs and integration with operator billing. Also known for having powered Disney Mobile’s on-device portal.
  
• Adobe is working on AppZone - or... Found little on the net and somebody else owns appzone.com...
  

Who is next to announce a store? And maybe I forgot some?

Apple also has MobileMe, that allows smartphone users to back-up, restore, sync and share data. Microsoft is planning something similar called Skybox and an Exchange version called Skyline. What are the others planning? Rethink Wireless on Microsoft to joins software store race. Are there others in the same game?