which application stores have the highest percentage of free apps
Android Market was the winner here. In
Google attracts the sort of developers that enjoy giving away their works and the open nature of the application- approval process (that is, no review board middleman exists between app creation and public release)
' dissatisfaction with Google Checkout - paid Android apps are required to implement this payment method for purchase
U.S. market only
okia has the most paid (85% paid)
prices for the paid applications
RIM and Microsoft were more than twice as high
didn't necessarily have to do with the different types of applications
Android is now the second-largest application store
Windows has 693.
Apple is also the fastest growing store with a shocking 13,865 new applications added per mont
popularity of applications by category
over 1245" Windows Mobile
surprising was the popularity of games on Blackberry, the platform often used more by enterprise
9% popularity to only 18% for utilities.
absence of any form of review process has led to new forms of store flooding and other variety of spams in the form of applications that are just gateways to websites
RIM's BlackBerry handsets were the best selling smartphones in the UK for 2010
n December 2010, BlackBerry's market share went to a record high of 36 per cent, with a 51.1 per cent share for pre-pay deals and 23.3 per cent for contract free phones
It had sold over 129 million BlackBerry smartphones worldwide