Many folks have heard of the Apps store that you can download applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. As of January 2010, there are more than 115,000 3-party applications for these portable media devices.
Well, Samsung is launching their own App store for their Blu-ray. Samsung launching an application store for select 2010 Blu-ray players, HDTVs and home theaters.
The website MYCE (My Consumer Electronics) reported earlier this week that "Samsung’s store is an upgrade to its existing Internet@TV platform, which launched last year as a strip of widgets running along the bottom of the television screen. These included Flickr, Yahoo and others. The new app store will include offerings from Accedo Broadband, AccuWeather.com, The Associated Press, Blockbuster, Fashion TV, Netflix, Picasa, Pandora, Rovi, Travel Channel, Twitter, USA TODAY and Vudu. More apps will be added later this year."
You can see several applications running on the Samsung TV above - these will be available from the Samsung Apps store later this year.
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