Apple near to 300,000 iOS applications available

23rd October, 2010 by adina
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Apple has recently passed an important milestone by reaching 300,000 fully available applications for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. According to new information from Mobclix, Apple had 300,975 applications available. A parallel report from 148Apps said that Apple had 334,498 applications, but it could include applications pulled either by Apple or even by their developers.

Although the company has not yet confirmed the count, it may do it at the event on October 20th. Apple’s presentations are known to usually open with status update that includes iOS devices even if the presentations were focused only on the Mac.

An updated report of 148Apps shows only 278,691 currently active applications. As a consequence, Apple may not still be able to claim 300,000 applications on the App Store but can in any case claim to have at least 275,000 at the event on the 20th of October.

Enjoying a rapid growth, Apple has passed 250,000 applications less then two months ago. This widens the gap between iOS and its competing platforms. Unofficially, Android has passed 100,000 applications but sees now cooling demand. A recent report from unofficial tracker Androlib shows a declining submission rate from August, after large increases during months. Research in Motion just reached 10,000 BlackBerry applications one year and a half after the opening of App World and has been forced to overhaul its application policies in order to entice developers who where tempting to focus on easier and faster hardware with iOS or Android.

The orientation of Apple’s platform may have contributed to this discrepancy. The two largest categories are book applications and games, which have profited from the iPhone’s advantages, fast graphics and a large touchscreen. While games are also an important element in Android, exemplified by the recent launch of Angry Birds, the smaller screens, old processors and a significant graphics framework missing have contributed to a reduced interest in application support for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry.


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