Android to soon be the largest storehouse for applications
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 28 April 2011, 20:40 IST
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Bangalore: Smartphones has altogether given a different platform for applications. Everyone wants to be upgraded with the latest application. These applications do amazing things in one's phone. Distimo in its report highlighted on the pricing of these applications. The report revealed that Google's Android offers 134,342 free applications for download and Apple's App Store for iPhone offers 121,845 free applications. Distimo is an application analytic provider. It was founded to solve the challenges created by a widely fragmented app store marketplace filled with equally fragmented information and statistics. The prices charged by iphone are skyrocketing as compared the ones offered by Google Android. More and more people are now opting for Android based mobiles due to its less maintenance cost. Apple stores provide various options in applications. One can download from the iTunes Store. Though Apple store has been slow in its growth, it is the largest storehouse of application at present. With 75,755 applications, out of which 34,120 were designed for iPad alone. The total number of available iOS applications registers to 367,334. Apart from the above surveys Distimo also estimated that over a six-month period RIM Blackberry applications will be twice in number and likely surpass Nokia's Ovi Store by May 2011. Applications provided by Symbian, Java has not been able to match the popularity of iPhone and Andriod. Every application of iPhone has equivalent apps in Andriod which is at a much cheaper price. And customers are always looking for best product in reasonable price; hence Android has the potential to lead the application world.

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