Nearly 8 Billion Mobile Apps Downloaded In 2010

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Mar 30, 2011 2:38 PM

The mobile applications marketplace exploded in 2010, with 7.9 billion downloaded in 2010, according to an ABI Research estimate. Apple's iDevice ecosystem still dominates, with a accumulative 5.6 billion downloaded in 2010, with the outstanding 2.3 billion downloaded by other working systems. Apple is, however, approaching to face unbending contest in 2011 from both Android Market (which is now home to 130,000 apps in 48 countries) and RIM. ABI Research estimates the BlackBerry app downloads complete more than 1 billion at the finish of 2010.

ABI Research mobile selling use executive Neil Strother moreover remarkable that more mobile network operators are mulling an access in to the mobile apps market, citing India's Idea Cellular that only denounced an Online Application Store in time for its 3G network launch. App store GetJar, that supports multi-part platforms, moreover only lifted $25 million to expand.