CNN report from the Mobile World Congress that Apple's iTune App Store has finally caused a reaction from other players to release their own stores. The Nokia one will be available for download in May; the Microsoft one is for Windows applications some of which will be mobile; an offering from Symbian will cause confusion with the Nokia offering; Blackberry's is due for October. Only stores from Palm and Android's are open now.
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