WOW -AppCity launches global online app store| lets users buy unlimited iPhone apps for a flat fee @wsff10

(source: http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/37367/AppCity-launches-global-online-app-store)

French firm AppCity has built a multi-lingual destination, at www.appcity.com, that offers apps for iPhone, Android, Nokia Ovi, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile users.

It's subscription only, with a typical price of five euros a week for access to any apps. One-off downloads are not available (other than for free apps), but there's no subscription lock-in beyond a week.

The service is initially available in English and French, but AppCity plans to expand to Spanish and Chinese language versions by the end of summer 2010.

The firm is aiming to embed links to its service with handset firms and also to be hosted by operator portals. It says it will go live with one French operator imminently.

All billing is via the phone bill. There's no credit card support, but AppCity is working to integrate PayPal.

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