More Than 10,000 Android Apps Now Available
More Than 10,000 Android Apps Now Available
Posted 09/07/2009 at 9:52am
| by Paul Lilly
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Determining how many Android apps are available for mass consumption has always been an exercise in guesstimation, but thanks to AdroLib -- a website where you can browser Android apps from your PC -- we now have a pretty good idea. According to AndroLib, Google's Android Market now sits at a little over 10,000 strong.
That's a far cry from the 70,000 or so apps available to iPhone and iPod Touch owners through Apple's App Store, but consider that back in May of this year, T-Mobile CTO Cole Brodman said there are about 2,300 Android apps available for the platform. The rapid growth bodes well for the future of Android, and it also helps that there are a ton more free apps then there are paid ones.
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Xylogeist
September 08, 2009 at 9:05am
WTF is android? I know that an android is a cybernetic human being - but Im guessing theres also a cellphone called android? When I get to an unblocked pc I guess ill google it :P
davexunit
September 07, 2009 at 5:40pm
I'm currently in an android application development class and i'm glad to see the platform that i'm programming for is doing well and starting to catch up to its rivals.
I Jedi
September 07, 2009 at 5:43pm
Online or offline? I'd very much like to find out where such things are being held.
davexunit
September 08, 2009 at 5:00pm
it's an offline course being taught at the state college i go to for computer science.
TechJunkie
September 07, 2009 at 12:03pm
I don't think they have an android to replace the wife yet. BUT, with your phone, I'm sure you can download a buncha prOn to help tide ya over till they do!
I Jedi
September 07, 2009 at 12:01pm
I'm really getting hyped up and anxious for the new HTC Hero... And knowing that the Android market just got redone, more apps than previously known of, and a lot of people making Android stronger and stronger... Well, things are looking good from my point of view. "Smile and sunglasses"
AntiHero
September 07, 2009 at 1:38pm
I'm on board with this. I hear the hero is slower, but it's due to too many running widgets. This number is promising to the open source world, it shows that proprietary stuff doesn't work as well as open source does. There's a lot of inventive minds out there and with the open source world booming, everyone has an opening to invent the next great application to change the face of the smart phone.
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