Google's Android Market now contains 10,000 applications
AndroLib, a website that provides the ability to browse the Android Market via your web browser, is now reporting that the Android Market contains in excess of 10,000 applications (10,434 applications at the time of writing to be precise)!
The impressive figure is a clear sign of the growing popularity of the Android platform and while the figure does of course include a large number of, er, 'substandard' applications (mitigated by the 'anything goes' approval process of Google's market) the number of high quality and must-have applications available is also growing considerably.
Although without doubt 10,000 applications is a considerable catalogue, 148apps.biz is reporting that 76,085 applications are currently available in the Apple App Store.
Microsoft's 'Windows Marketplace for Mobile' is expected to launch in the near future alongside the release of Windows Mobile 6.5, however these metrics show that the platform, historically well supported by developers, has a fair bit of catching up to do. With Microsoft's focus on 'quality rather than quantity', expedited by the considerable costs associated with publishing an application (even for free download), it seems likely that it will be a while before we see Microsoft's offering hitting the 10,000 application mark.
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bill cant fart said 10:17AM on 9-13-2009
Anyone know how many WinMo apps there are out there?
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whookid said 11:02AM on 9-13-2009
Over 9000?
rothgar said 2:42PM on 9-13-2009
I was curious about this too. I would imagine with all the sites like handango freeware pocket pc etc there are at least 10,000 apps out there. Don't know if they will all run on WinMo6+ but still, I am sure WinMo could easily claim this prize 1st.
Major4Play said 11:41AM on 9-13-2009
I think the point here is "in their app store"
Most of us tech users don't need to suckle at the tit of the manufacturer (a la Apple) and are perfectly able to go and find apps we want online.
App stores are for idiots and big brother like companies who want to tell you how to use the gadget YOU OWN!
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2late2die said 11:22PM on 9-13-2009
"...while the figure does of course include a large number of, er, 'substandard' applications (mitigated by the 'anything goes' approval process of Google's market)..."
Right, 'cause the 101 fart apps in apple's store are high quality applications.
The number of apps any of these products have is completely irrelevant and meaningless. It's nothing but apple's marketing hype - followed by the rest of them. Think about it for a second - when did any developer or publisher boasted the number of software products they created? Never, because it doesn't matter. In fact, isn't the standard reply of apple's fanboys when somebody uses the number of windows applications vs. mac as a reason why "windows is better" is "quality over quantity" - oh how fast they change their tune.
At the end of the day it is _the quality_ that matters. I mean does anyone really care if apple's store has 76k apps or 30k apps, if all they use is 20, or 10, or even 5?
And while on an app-by-app basis Android doesn't beat apple (though apple doesn't beat Android either, since it's all completely subjective), it does have two big advantages over apple - open source environment and no "big brother jobs" watching over and filtering every app that comes in. And unless apple changes their policies, I think Android is going to be, if not bigger, definitely a more important player - simply because developers are free to innovate more on the Android platform, and that's where all the new and cool stuff are gonna be coming from.
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Will said 7:00PM on 9-14-2009
I'm with you, there are some pretty substandard apps coming from apples decidedly NOT "anything goes" approval process. Unfortunately though, google's attitude being better isn't going to translate to marketshare easily. The UI's and form factors, as well as the support community (and lets not even talk about marketing) of the two devices are completely different, and decidedly in apple's from most standpoints. You and I might want a more open platform, but most people buying Iphone don't really care about open standards. They want something that works well, looks nice, and has a wide range of apps (note this makes numbers important). And yes, sadly, some of them want a device with lots of fart apps. Until google captures more of these people, and I hope its getting there, Apple's platform is going to attract more of the talented developers making cool apps. Network externality's a bitch, but you can't deny its power.