The Symbian Foundation has launched Horizon, its application publishing program for developers writing apps for the mobile operating system.
Horizon, which was announced in July, is designed to help developers go through the Symbian Signed application accreditation process, have their applications carried by a diversity of manufacturers' and operators' app stores, and have their applications listed in the Horizon Directory--a list of all signed Symbian apps.
Symbian Foundation chief executive Lee Williams said the organization is aware that the diversity of application stores for Symbian increases the burden on developers by requiring multiple submission and review processes.
"But this diversity can also offer an advantage over competitors' closed systems, where applications sometimes receive arbitrary or commercially motivated rejections," Williams said. "Symbian Horizon retains this advantage, while reducing the burden by becoming a conduit to multiple stores, helping developers reach the largest global mobile market in the world more efficiently."
The Symbian Foundation announced on Tuesday that the first 50 applications had been processed, and that the program was now fully live. Examples of the first approved apps include Facebook, the Gravity Twitter client and the Qik video-casting application.
Read more of "Symbian's Horizon app scheme goes live" at ZDNet UK.
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