Recap of this week’s app store news

August 1st, 2009 by Remco van den Elzen
  • Samsung’s application store will be launched in 20 countries this quarter.
  • Android Market is coming to South Africa on August 8.
  • ShoZu comments on going from free to paid in the app store.
  • US largest operator Verizon is launching an app store for Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile, Palm and Symbian platforms.
  • Windows Marketplace is now open for developers to submit their applications.
  • Philips is joining Android and will release an Android phone in Asia.
  • The first application on GetJar to see over 1 million downloads in one week is eBuddy.
  • Impact of price changes in the Apple App Store, example of F.A.S.T. — Fleet Air Superiority Training!
  • BlackBerry launched its new version of App World, now also available in Europe.

Remco van den Elzen

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