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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by sergeykish on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:35PM (#23576068)
App Store was obvious as Linux user. In Windows and Symbian users has to search for installer. Out of commercial looks like Valve was first. I've never seen Windows Marketplace. Nokia took so long to make obvious thing - you have to review and sign application by Nokia (Symbian 9.1, 2005 [0]), but host by yourself.

Valve Steam - announced on March 22, 2002, released for beta testing the same day. [1]

Windows Marketplace - announced on July 12, 2004, launched on October 12, 2004 [2].

Nokia Ovi - announced on 29 August 2007, public beta on 28 August 2008 [3].

iPhone App Store - opened on July 10, 2008 [4].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Marketplace

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovi_(Nokia)

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(iOS)

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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by zzapplezz on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:16PM (#23576604)
How could you forget the first? Brew!

Sept 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Runtime_Environment_for...

"an application development platform created by Qualcomm, originally for code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile phones, featuring third-party applications such as mobile games. It is offered in some feature phones (mostly with the similar specifications of a mid to high-end mobile phones) but not in smartphones. Developed in 1999, as a platform for wireless applications on CDMA-based mobile phones, it debuted in September 2001."

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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by sergeykish on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:57PM (#23577092)
Wow, code signing. Not much CDMA in my country, J2ME here. Why limit to manufacturer? Third party store is even cooler, found one portal [1]:

> Downloads:

> Since Mar.31, 2004: 4,189,079

> Last week: 209,952

Possible trace:

> On-Device Portal technology emerged in 2000 [2]

[1] http://web.archive.org/web/20050429230232/http://www.getjar....

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-Device_Portal

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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by bredren on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:36PM (#23578641)
Wow, I completely forgot about this one. I remember this on my flip phone. While a nice bit of nostalgia, IIRC the fees and royalties were very high and the administration to get something submitted was not in the same ballpark of the earliest Apple App Store.
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