SEOUL (Reuters) - , the world's No. 3 handset maker, is launching an online inventory for expressive phone applications Tuesday with an beginning heart on Asia and aspirations for a more international ambit by year-end. Phone makers and nimble firms worldwide are in a rush to duel the achievement of Apple's App Store, creating their own effective stores where users can download software and content. Improving software is tonality for South Korean active phone makers Samsung and LG, which have grown on well-priced handsets but are lagging in the fast-growing smartphowne category.
LG, which trails Nokia and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in unfixed phones, said in a averral on Monday that the "LG Application Store" would give 1,400 applications including 100 disencumber programs, within reach in 15 languages. The appointment will start be offered in Asia-Pacific countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Australia and will in Europe and the South America by the end of this year, with the total of applications to be offered to addition to more than 2,000 by then, LG said. LG has not set any fast organize to set in motion the marketplace in the United States, the fortress of Apple's iPhone and Research In Motion's Blackberry. Shares in LG Electronics knock 1.6 percent by 0204 GMT, compared with the wider market's 2 percent loss. (Reporting by Rhee So-eui; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner) © Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.
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