It was very likely to happen, and now confirmed; the Palm App Catalog will launch June 6th. Yesterday at the New York Times all things digital conference, Palm announced the App Catalog will be launching in beta on the Palm Pre next week. Palm will have just a dozen or so apps in the store when [...]
There is a lot of Android news coming from the Google I/O Developer conference. In one of the presentations on Android, there was an interesting overview of the Android Market after 7 months: (via MobileCrunch) The most interesting facts are 4,900+ apps in Android Market and 40+ app downloads per user. Last January there were only 800 [...]
Right now the Google I/O Developer conference in San Francisco is being held. At this conference, Google announced that there will be 18 Android phones in the market by the end of 2009. With just two phones out, of which the HTC Magic is not even globally released yet, this is big. These 18 phones [...]
Microsoft just confirmed the Zune HD Portable Media Player. Interestingly, Zune will be a premium partner in the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace. This will bring a catalog of TV and movies to the portable player. Although it has not been mentioned yet, it seems a logical step for Microsoft to support the Xbox Game Marketplace [...]
So there we are, Nokia Ovi Store is fully live in all countries. Of course we took it for a spin immediately at Distimo. Our most important findings: Web & Mobile access You can view the contents of the Ovi Store on any PC by going to http://store.ovi.com. So unlike Android, anyone can get a [...]
It has been buzzing around for weeks now, but the Nokia Ovi store launch has begun. It is now available in Australia, Ireland and Singapore. Nokia is soft launching the Store; a limited amount of Nokia users can get it via the Download! client, which will be replaced by Ovi Store. Expect an official full [...]
Earlier we reported that Microsoft announced you could buy 1 app for 5 phones in Windows Marketplace. Like expected, there was quite some developer response and Microsoft now gave a statement on this application sharing: Microsoft knows the frustration of losing favorite apps and personal information when you lose, upgrade, or add a phone. For [...]
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These are the 10 most downloaded applications on Getjar this week: Most apps saw a small decrease in downloads compared to last week. Applications that release updates on Getjar often see a large increase in downloads. Glassplayer’s downloads increased 20% last week after its update. eBuddy’s downloads increased 19% a week earlier.
We just published our first free report: the Apple App Store Report US – April 2009. Our most important findings are: o Price changes had a large and instant influence on ranking o Prices of the most popular apps decreased 7.9%, mainly caused by the increased amount of apps priced $0.99 o Paid apps were able [...]