More than 30,000 Android apps in just three months

21st March, 2010 by adina
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Google has confirmed in an update that the number of Android applications has almost doubled in only three months. By mid-December, there have been 16,000 applications, while the search company claims that now the number has jumped to over 30,000. The statistics refer to both free and paid apps, even if the ratio is not known.

This increase in the number of Android applications may be due to the accelerated Android phone sales, which could have also increased the interest in apps and their development. Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief, has said, at Mobile World Congress, that the company’s partners were selling about 60,000 Android devices per day, compared to 30,000 before. The largest contributors seem to be the Motorola Droid, its GSM-based Milestone equivalent and various phones from HTC.

The change brings Android in the top, being the second in application availability, even if the Android applications are only a fifth of Apple’s over 140,000 iPhone apps. BlackBerry, Palm’s webOS devices, Windows Mobile and other handsets that have been released relatively late or limited entries to app stores, only have less than a few thousand applications.

Google may be in advantage again, thanks to some newly announced initiatives. The search company plans to ship an AT&T-ready Nexus One, as well as making paid Android applications available in areas like Canada (initially through Rogers).


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