Building anything worthwhile is never easy; building something good is extremely difficult. Mobile apps are especially tricky. Working with device, platform and operator variations compound the challenge of making something useful and useable. Once the app is built developers still need to take it to market. To do that the app needs to pass security and QA tests, and the developer has to configure meta-data and set pricing. Then the app is published to each individual App Store, one store a at time. What a hassle.
The core idea behind Symbian Horizon (http://www.symbian.org/horizon) is making the business and distribution of Symbian apps easier. Horizon is a publisher program similar to a book publisher or record label. Developers can submit their app or even an idea for an app that they will build. Symbian will select the best apps and help take them to market. We will sign the app, publish it to the App Stores and manage the transactions, all at no cost to the developers. It is a ‘code once, publish to many’ syndication service. Read more »
