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Mobile app store overview

Last updated: October 27, 2009


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Apple App Store Android Market Blackberry App World Nokia Ovi Store GetJar Palm App Catalog Samsung App Store Sony Ericsson PlayNow LG Application Store Windows Marketplace Handmark Intel Atom
Launch date Jul 11, 2008 Oct 22, 2008 Apr 1, 2009 May 26, 2009 Dec 1, 2004 Jun 6, 2009 Feb 3, 2009 Aug 10, 2009 Jul 13, 2009 Expected Q3 2009 Dec 1, 2000 -

Supported platforms iPhone OS Android OS Blackberry OS 4.2 Java, Symbian, Java, Symbian, Windows Palm webOS Symbian, Java, Symbian Windows Mobile Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry, Java, Java, Debian Moblin
and higher Flash Lite, Mobile, Palm, Blackberry, Windows Mobiile Widgets Palm, Palm Web OS, Native, Windows Native,
WRT Widgets Flash Lite, Android Windows Mobile, Symbian Adobe AIR, RedHat Linux

Amount of Users 50M 1M 5-10M 5-10M 15M <1M


Available applications 93,000 14,000 3,000 4,000 56,000 250 1,000 3,700 1,400 - - -
Total downloads to date 2,000,000,000 40,000,000 Undisclosed - 500,000,000 1,000,000 Undisclosed - - - - -

Billing method iTunes Google checkout, opr. bill Paypal Credit card,operator billing Credit card Credit card Credit card, Paypal Credit card, premium SMS Credit card Credit card, operator billing -
Developer revenue share 70% 70% 80% 70% Undisclosed, in beta 70% 70% - 80% 70% - 70%
One-off billing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes Yes Yes
Subscription billing Yes No No No No No No - No No No
In-app billing Yes No No No No No No - No No No

# countries for free apps 77 26 3 - - 2 1 13 2 - -


# countries for paid apps 77 8 3 - - 0 1 13 2 - -
Countries http://tinyurl.com/6r45es http://tinyurl.com/pbrpz6 http://tinyurl.com/b8tz88 - Open worldwide US, Canada UK, France, Italy - Australia, Canada - Open worldwide

Developer submission fee $99 $25 $200 $0 $0 $99 $0 $0 Undisclosed $99 - $99
Remarks Charges for operator
billing to be paid from
70% developer rev share

Mobango Vodafone 360 Java App Store Verizon VCast China Mobile Market T-Mobile web2go Software Store PocketGear Handango Archos AppsLib SlideME TIM App Store
Launch date Dec 1, 2004 Expected end 2009 Undisclosed Expected Q4 2009 Aug 17, 2009 Nov 20, 2008 Sep 18, 2002 Jun 1, 2008 Jun 1, 2008 Sep 15, 2009 April, 2008 Expected Q1 2010

Supported platforms Java, Symbian, Windows Undisclosed Java Windows Mobile, Palm, Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry, Android, BlackBerry, Blackberry, Palm Web OS, Android, Blackberry, Palm, Android Android JAVA, Brew, Flash,
Mobile, Palm, Blackberry, Blackberry, Android, Android, Symbian Java, Mobile Web, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile, Symbian Windows Mobile, Symbian Android. To be added:
Flash Lite, Android Symbian Sidekick, Windows Windows Mobile,
Mobile Symbian, Palm, LiMo

Amount of Users 40M subscribers


Available applications 24,000 - - - - - 70,000 - 66 292 -
Total downloads to date - - - - - - 100,000,000 100,000,000 - - -

Billing method - Operator billing - Operator billing - Credit card Credit card, Paypal - Credit card, Amazon -
Developer revenue share - 70% - 70% 70% 70% 60% 60% - - -
One-off billing No Yes - Yes - Yes Yes Yes No Yes -
Subscription billing No Yes - Yes - Yes No No No No -
In-app billing No Yes - Yes - No No No No No -

# countries for free apps - - - - - 1 - - - - 1


# countries for paid apps - - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Countries Open worldwide - - - China United States Open worldwide Open worldwide Open worldwide Open worldwide Brazil

Developer submission fee $0 - - - - - - - - - -


Remarks Provided by Handmark

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