BANGALORE, INDIA: Apple's revolutionary new App Store is now available in India.

The App Store offers over 500 native applications from hundreds of companies around the world in a variety of categories including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. More than 125 applications are being offered to iPod touch customers for free.

In addition to the App Store, the iPhone 2.0 software update includes enterprise support, contact search, complete iWork and MS Office document viewing support, the ability to delete or move emails in bulk, saving images from emails, a scientific calculator, parental controls and support for 16 additional languages.

Pricing and availability
The App Store is available now via iTunes 7.7 for iPod touch users. To install the applications, iPod touch users need to purchase iPhone Software 2.0 which is available for $9.95 (US). Applications are free or chargeable to the user's iTunes account and the App Store notifies the user when updates are available for their apps. The App Store is also available in iTunes running on a Mac or PC, which syncs applications to the iPod® touch using a USB cable.