SK Telecom today opened Korea’s first operator-based mobile apps store, with plans to take it global by 2011. The T Store can be accessed by more than 100 different devices with Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability(WIPI) platform, a local middleware platform installed in all Korean phones.

SK Telecom "T-Store''

It offers more than 6,500 applications, games and other content. It is open to all SK Telecom customers and by year-end will be accessible to customers of rival carriers using smartphones, a spokesperson said.

The carrier will take a 30% commission on all content sales, the same as in the Apple store, and aims to top KRW 1 trillion ($811 million) in sales by 2013.

SKT said it would “actively invest” in venture companies and developers to secure high-quality game content. It is offering free registration to application developers between now and the end of the year.

Opera Coming Soon

The words “Coming very soon: The next generation in mobile browsing” and a map jigsaw puzzle image appeared on Opera Software’s “teaser” page at opera.com/next/.

Opera used a similar page during the PR buildup leading to the release of Opera Unite. Five days before Unite’s release, Opera posted a page reading “On June 16th at 9 AM (CET) we will reinvent the Web” If Opera follows the same model this time we should expect something new in mobile browsing.

So what will it be?

EpiCollect software

A mobile phone application will help professional and “citizen” scientists collect and analyse data from “in the field”, anywhere in the world. The EpiCollect software collates data from certain mobiles – on topics such as disease spread or the occurrence of rare species – in a web-based database. The data is statistically analysed and plotted on maps that are instantly available to those same phones. The approach is outlined in the open-access journal PLoS ONE.

The software has been developed for so-called smartphones that run Google’s Android open-source operating system. Researchers can report back to the EpiCollect database with results from experiments they do in the field, and “citizen scientists” can send back photos or videos of certain species from their own backyards. The phones’ GPS system automatically logs users’ locations, and the data is then plotted by location using Google Maps. Then anyone can access the database online, or from their phone.

Press Release San Diego – September 9th, 2009

neXva, a convergent web/mobile marketplace for free and premium mobile applications and content, is pleased to announce that The Spectrum Group, of La Jolla, California, has made a strategic investment in the Company. Joining the board and serving as neXva’s CEO is Brian J. Friedman, Managing Partner of The Spectrum Group.

neXva was founded in Paris, France in late 2008. The site will officially launch on the 2nd of November. Unlike vertical mobile application stores, neXva will distribute a large spectrum of content (apps, audio, video and goodies) across all major mobile platforms.

The neXva web and mobile sites will offer content that is both premium and free. Already more than 40 Content Providers have signed on to distribute their content across Android, Symbian, Java, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Palm mobile platforms. neXva helps developers beta test and distribute their content with a wide geographic sample of users.

neXva’s app stores are optimized to work on all major handsets and make mobile usage a focal point.

Maverick Mobile announced “Secure Mobile”, it’s innovative & comprehensive application for security of Mobile devices.

Secure Mobile can be used in case of loss/theft or even for parental control of mobile devices. The application helps you protect your data, track your device, retrieve phonebook & disable the device remotely. Pronounced “Secure Mobile” it has also combined a distinctive feature of Data backup, using which users can back up their data using a security protocol on the company’s secured servers.