Android Market soon with 100,000 apps
The store has 90,000 apps in its library at the moment and many are predicting that if the growth rate continues Android Market will hit 100,000 apps before the end…
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July 12, 2010
Skype returns to Symbian, no news about Windows Mobile version
Skype for Symbian version 1.1 has been rolled out and is now ready for most 3rd Edition and 5th Edition Symbian phones. The new update can be downloaded from m.skype.com…
July 8, 2010
Most Android apps are free, Microsoft needs to lure in more developers for Windows Moobile
Android is still the king of free apps, the most popular entries in the Apple App Store are almost exclusively games, and Windows Mobile still lives with it’s Mom, half of apps in the Windows Marketplace are written by Microsoft…
Distribution of prices in the various app stores
Google’s Android Marketplace contains primarily free apps – 57% by Distimo’s estimate (Androlib says 62%). This is much more than the competition. Less than a third of the apps in their catalogs are free. Even so, half of apps in most app stores (save for the Windows Mobile and BlackBerry ones) are under 2 US dollars.
The Apple App Store in general has about 28% free apps, but it differs quite a bit when it comes to paid apps. The iPhone apps run around 2.62 USD (average price for the 100 most popular apps), while iPad specific apps cost 6.02 USD by the same metric. (more…)
July 7, 2010
Orange to offer HTC Touch Pro2 soon in UK
Yes, the Touch Pro2 is technically an old smartphone from early last year. However, the handset never really made it to UK store shelves as it was originally released as…
June 24, 2010
Where to get your iPhone 4
When Apple announced the iPhone at WWDC, Steve Jobs said that the iPhone 4 will be available for pre-order starting on June 15th and on sale on June 24th. Users…
June 10, 2010
Google’s Android Invades the UK
Local sales of Android smart phones are rising in the UK. According to reports, the Android smart phone has been able to invade one fifth of all smart phones used…
May 4, 2010