Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz this week announced plans to launch an app store (currently called Project Vector) for Java software.

"It will be modeled after Apple's iPhone App Store and will allow users to download and install new software over the Internet," writes Ars Technica's Ryan Paul. "The store will use Sun's Java runtime Updater as a deployment mechanism, providing a distribution channel that Schwartz says will reach an audience of billions."

"While details on the Java store otherwise remain scarce, Schwartz added candidate applications will be submitted via the web, evaluated by Sun for safety and content and presented under free or premium terms to the broad Java audience," writes FierceMobileContent's Jason Ankeny.

"Further details of Project Vector's business model, technology and roadmap will be made available at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco on 2 June," writes ZDNet's David Meyer.

More here from JavaWorld ... and the announcement is here.