A website that appears to represent China Mobile's high-profile upcoming application store - Mobile Market - became accessible today, reported IDG News Service , giving a potential preview of the type of free and paid-for downloads the world's largest operator could offer its 490 million customers. Although the site appears to be in a testing phase (the store is not due to open until around September), it splits categories into games, software, music, reading, video and theme download sections. The authenticity of the site has not been confirmed, but it is interesting to note that it appears to also support Nokia's rival application store, Ovi.
The launch of Mobile Market may see it become
one of the world's first carrier-operated application stores. Vodafone has announced plans to open its own store, though it has not specified the share of revenue that it will pass on to developers.
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