Apple's success with the iPhone and the explosion of activity surrounding its App Store has driven other handset makers, including Nokia and RIM to reveal plans for their own stores - and has thrown a firework under mobile application developer's chairs, who find themselves busier than ever - and they're thankful.
Internet News reports Albert Chu, vice president of global marketing and alliances for mobile software developer, Access Systems, is over the moon at the new entente between mobile makers, carriers and developers. Apple has driven a liberalisation in the market that - realistically - has opened up opportunity across the whole sector.
Chu said, "Our key customers are saying, 'Make our phone like the iPhone'. There are a lot of things we've been trying to s
