It was announced today that the app store for the Symbian platform, entitled Horizon, has today gone live in beta form. There isn’t much to choose from right now with only 50 mobile apps currently available but the Symbian Foundation promise thousands of choices in 2010.

While this is great news for Symbian users its also great news for app developers as they now have another platform to infiltrate.

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If there is one thing that many iPhone and iPod Touch users are certainly anxious to get, that would be new tunes and games to install on their gadgets. And thanks to the Universal Music Group and Tapulous Inc., new music games are on the horizon. The first game, a special edition of Tap Tap Revenge with pop sensation Lady Gaga, kicks off the fruits of this partnership. The said app is available today for $4.99 at the Apple App Store.

“With the new Tap Tap Revenge, you can listen to me, Lady Gaga, play the latest in iPhone games, and watch a series of graphics that represent my journey through ‘The Fame.’ It’s perfect for my super, super fans, or for growing ‘The Fame’ lovers, who can listen to my album while tapping along with Love, Art and Technology,” said Lady Gaga.

Highlights of this partnership include:

• A variety of music-oriented games featuring UMG artists in 2009.
• The ability for users to purchase top hits from UMG artists to play in the upcoming Tap Tap Revenge 3.0 game. Tracks will be available for purchase for $.50 per track, marking one of the first examples of in-app commerce in an iPhone game.
• And at least one brand new rhythm game with a top performing artist from UMG in the Fall of 2009, with the two companies working together on additional games.

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Tag Heuer officially launched the website for its first luxury phone, the MERIDIIST. The global launch of the website precedes BASELWORLD, the World Watch and Jewellery Show that starts March 26th 2009 and during which the most recent MERIDIIST collections are to be presented as a preview.

Truly representing the performance of the MERIDIIST, the website highlights the sleek design and key features of this exceptional luxury phone through images and animated content intended to reflect the TAG Heuer universe of luxury, sports and masculinity.

The showcased MERIDIIST collection consists of seven models, all made of 316L stainless steel yet offering different kinds of keyboard finishing. A range of colors and materials (genuine calfskin leather, rubber and alligator skin) is available to customize the back of the phone and provides clients with the ultimate opportunity to design their phones according to their most luxurious tastes. Prices range from euro 3400 to euro 4500, although some diamond-finished models with prices starting at euro 8500 are already on the horizon.

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