Posts Tagged ‘BlackBerry App World’
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
It is our pleasure to release our latest Distimo Report.
This report covers the Apple App Store for iPad, the Apple App Store for iPhone, BlackBerry App World (worldwide), Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile for July 2010 in the United States. The major findings are:
- The average price of the 100 most popular applications in Google Android Market and Palm App Catalog is higher than the average price of the entire catalogue of applications.
- While the average price of all applications is only 16% higher in the Apple App Store for iPad than in the Apple App Store for iPhone, the average price of the 100 most popular applications is nearly three times as high in the Apple App Store for iPad.
- More than 60% of applications are priced below or equal to $2.00 in the Apple App Store for iPhone, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store and Palm App Catalog.The proportion of applications priced below or equal to $2.00 is much lower in the Apple App Store for iPad and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
- Paid applications are priced lowest in Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store and Palm App Catalog.
- Google Android Market has the largest share of free applications available; 60%, representing an increase of 3% since May 2010 when it was 57%.The share of free applications is smallest on Windows Marketplace for Mobile (22%), followed by the Apple App Store for iPad (26%) and BlackBerry App World (26%).
- The top three cross-store publishers that publish applications in multiple stores are Gameloft, Electronic Arts and Handmark, Inc.
- In the Apple App Store for iPad, BlackBerry App World and Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the respective companies that run each application store, (Apple, Research In Motion and Microsoft) are the top publishers in their own store with only a limited number of applications. Clickgamer.com and Offscreen publish many popular games in the Apple App Store for iPhone and Nokia Ovi Store making them the top publishers in these stores.
- The top grossing publisher in the Apple App Store for iPhone is Electronic Arts, which publishes free and paid applications as well as applications with in-app purchases.
You can download the report for free here.
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Tags: app stores, apple, BlackBerry App World, distimo, google android market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog, windows marketplace for mobile
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Mobile Business Briefing reports that Research In Motion is to launch a Chinese version of BlackBerry App World ‘as part of a major company push into the world’s largest mobile market’. China’s head of RIM told Returs that App World will launch ’soon’.
In May BlackBerry services were launched in China via CDMA carrier China Telecom, and China Mobile is working with RIM on the production of devices capable of supporting its 3G network; currently BlackBerry services are only offered over their 2G GSM network.
According to the company, applications are downloaded at a rate approaching 1 million a day. As there are now 8,563 applications available, this amounts to about 120 downloads a day per application on average (at max).
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
RIM is finishing a set of new devices and software to keep competing with touch-screen devices like Apple’s iPhone and iPad. RIM still sells more smartphones globally than any other company, only Nokia sells more on a yearly basis. But its North American market share is decreasing, as RIM has been slow to match Apple and Android’s touch-screen technology, smooth Internet-browsing capability and add-on software.
According to rumors, RIM is testing a touch-screen smartphone with a slide-out keyboard, also rumored as the BlackBerry Bold Slider. The phone runs on the new BlackBerry OS 6.0, which will make its debut by the end of the 3rd quarter. A major new feature of this new version of BlackBerry OS is that a BlackBerry running on this version works much like an iPhone, letting users swipe through screens and expand images with their fingers.
RIM is also testing a tablet device to serve as a larger-screen companion to its BlackBerry phone, according to people familiar with RIM’s plans. Nothing is yet confirmed regarding RIM’s tablet but the info going around the web paints the picture of a sub-10-inch touchscreen-equipped device that won’t have 3G support, instead relying on a BlackBerry to connect to a cellular network. The tablet could also be powered by the upcoming BlackBerry OS 6, including BlackBerry App World.
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
RIM has launched BlackBerry App World in Japan. BlackBerry App World, the official on-device app store for BlackBerry smartphones, allows BlackBerry users to easily discover and download applications that are purposely built for their BlackBerry smartphones. “We are very pleased to offer the App World experience to our customers in Japan,” said Ueno Kimiaki, Managing Director of Japan, Research In Motion.
According to RIM, BlackBerry users can now download BlackBerry App World directly to their smartphone by visiting mobile.blackberry.com. BlackBerry App World is also accessible from a user’s desktop computer at http://ap.blackberry.com/jpn/appworld.
At the moment, the Japanese App World contains only free applications and the amount of applications is therefore less than in the United States or United Kingdom, for example. A date for the introduction of paid apps in Japan is not yet set.
We also updated this on appstores.info.
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
It is our pleasure to release our latest Distimo Report.
This report covers the Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile for April 2010, with additional focus on iPhone applications in the Apple App Store during the period November 2009 – April 2010. The major findings are:
- In the Apple App Store, paid applications in the Top Overall, Games, Business and Entertainment categories stay in these categories for 27, 39, 59 and 38 days on average, respectively. Free applications stay in the Top 100 for a significantly shorter time in the Top Overall, Games and Business categories, with 19, 21 and 39 days on average, respectively. In contrast to these categories, free applications in the Entertainment category stay in the Top 100 for a slightly longer period of time than paid applications; 43 days compared to 38 days.
- In the Apple App Store, the majority of paid applications that have been in the Top 100 Overall during the entire period of November 2009 – April 2010 fall into the Games and Entertainment categories. The paid applications that have been in the Top 5 for the longest period of time are Doodle Jump (140 days), RedLaser (73 days) and Skee-Ball (68 days). The paid application that has been number one for the longest period of time is Skee-Ball (24 days). The free applications that have been in the Top 5 for the longest period of time are Facebook (12 days) and Paper Toss (7 days).
- The majority of the 10 highest ranked paid applications were published in the following categories in April 2010: Productivity (Apple App Store for iPad), Games (Apple App Store for iPhone), Themes (BlackBerry App World), News & Weather (Google Android Market), Games (Nokia Ovi Store), Productivity & Utilities (Palm App Catalog) and in Games (Windows Marketplace for Mobile).
- The majority of the 10 highest ranked free applications were published in the following categories in April 2010: Games and Entertainment (Apple App Store for iPad), Games (Apple App Store for iPhone), Music & Audio/IM & Social Networking/Themes (BlackBerry App World), Tools and Social (Google Android Market), Games and Entertainment (Nokia Ovi Store), Games (Palm App Catalog) and Social Networks/News & Weather (Windows Marketplace for Mobile).
- In April 2010, the highest ranked paid iPad application in the Apple App Store was Pages, followed by GoodReader for iPad, and Pinball HD. The highest ranked free iPad application in the Apple App Store was iBooks, followed by The Solitaire and Break HD Free.
You can download the report for free here.
Tags: apple app store, BlackBerry App World, google android market, ipad, iphone, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog, Windows Marketplace
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
According to crackberry, a website aimed to Blackberry users, the terms and conditions of Blackberry App World are updated. With the new terms, carrier- and credit card billing will be possible in the near future as annouched at the BlackBerry Developers Conference in November 2009.
Until now, only payments via the PayPal platform were possible. A big advantage of carrier billing is that it can allow a consumer to buy an application with a single click, whereas for PayPal a signup is required first. However, the new payment options come with a price, since the applicable 80/20 revenue split has changed to the more common 70/30 split. The same revenue share for developers as we see nowadays on other platforms like the Apple Appstore and Android Market.
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
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It is our pleasure to release our monthly Distimo Report, based on December 2009 data.
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This report covers five application stores: Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
This month’s most important findings are:
- In Google Android Market, 65% of the publishers are located in the United States, 12% in the United Kingdom, 20% in Europe and 3% in Japan.
- Publishers located in Europe price their applications highest with an average of $4.42, which is 49% higher than publishers located in the United States.
- Applications in Apple App Store, Google Android Market and Nokia Ovi Store are priced at around $3.50. Windows Marketplace for Mobile and BlackBerry App World are more expensive, averaging $6.99 and $8.26 respectively.
- Because of Microsoft’s market validation guidelines and additional fees for distributing applications in more than one country, the number of applications available in some countries is only a small percentage (<5%) of applications available worldwide.
You can download the report here.
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Tags: Android Market, app store report, Apple App Store for iPhone, BlackBerry App World, Distimo Report, Nokia Ovi Store, Windows Marketplace
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
September 5th Google added, among other categories, the Themes category to Android Market. A few days ago we reported on BlackBerry adding the Test Center category to App World; and just today we noticed that BlackBerry App World added a Themes category as well. Right now the Themes category contains the following subcategories:
- Abstract
- Holiday
- Movies & TV
- Nature
- People
- Sports Themes
- Technology
- Transportation
The Themes category already contains 152 applications, compared to only three applications (MySpace, eBay and Role Call Reminder) in the Test Center category, while that category was launched about two weeks ago. The average price is $6.15, with a small percentage of apps being free.
Besides Google Android Market and BlackBerry App World, Nokia Ovi Store has a Themes category as well. The Apple App Store and Windows Marketplace for Mobile lack a similar category.
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
BlackBerry App World has been around since April this year and quite a lot happened since then:
- After launching in only the US, Canada and UK, App World is now available in 19 countries;
- A webstore was launched to browse the full content from a PC;
- The store now contains 3,500 Applications and Games;
- Next to Applications and Games, Themes and Widgets are coming to the store early next year;
- More monetization options for developers; In-App Purchasing is coming in 2010;
- Next to billing via PayPal, carrier billing that will allow consumers to buy content with just one click is on its way.
Now Research In Motion announced the launch of Test Center. This is a special category within App World that contains applications in beta. This allows developers to get early feedback on their applications before launcing a final version in App World:
App World Test Center
Today, Test Center contains 3 applications; MySpace, eBay and Role Call Reminders. Developers that want to have their applications in Test Center can submit them to BlackBerry for review, just like for the normal application categories.
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
This week, the BlackBerry Developer Conference was held. During the conference some interesting announcements on BlackBerry App World were made:
(via IntoMobile)
In-App Purchasing
Apple was the first store supporting In-App Purchasing, allowing developers to monetize both free and paid applications in various new ways. See more in our latest report. Good news for BlackBerry developers, App World will also start supporting In-App Purchasing in 2010. It is not yet clear if this will be available for both free and paid applications.
Carrier billing
Right now, consumers that purchase an application in App World, pay using PayPal. In 2010, carrier billing will also be supported. This will make it a lot easier to purchase an application, where the amount will end up on the user’s monthly phone bill. Carriers and countries that will have carrier billing are yet to be announced.
Themes and Widgets
Like previously announced, more content is coming to App World. Themes will now also be available in the store. A new type of content, Widgets, will also be supported. For the user, there will be no notable difference between the current applications and new added widgets in App World. Both Themes and Widgets are today not yet available in the store, but are coming soon.
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