Posts Tagged ‘Palm App Catalog’
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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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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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
- Apple sold 7.4 million iPhones in its 4th Quarter (ending Sept. 26), and since the App Store’s launch, 2 billion apps were downloaded
- The Palm App Catalog is now -partly- accessible in your browser
- Free apps have entered the Top Grossing ranking lists on Apple’s App Store because of in-app purchasing now being possible for these apps
- BlackBerry App World is rumored to support themes, from November 9th
Tags: app world, Apple App Store for iPhone, blackberry, Palm App Catalog, rim
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Previously, the Palm App Catalog was only accessible from the Palm Pre and Pixi. Now however, a part of the Catalog is also accessible from the web, right here. It is a feature page, introducing people to the kind of apps that are available on the Catalog.
The website is purely a showcase of apps, it is not possible to download or purchase applications from the site. About 1/3rd of the apps on this page are Games, with a total of 85 apps being shown.
The Palm App Catalog is gaining significance: last weekend, 40 apps were added, and about a month ago they released its new version of the Catalog with support for paid apps (examples here). Additionally, more and more countries are supported, increasing the amount of consumers being able to access the Catalog.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
A few days later than announced, Palm just released the new version of its WebOS. One of the new features is support for paid applications in the Palm App Catalog. At this moment, no paid apps are available, and it is a bit unclear when Palm will publish these apps:
In preparation for e-commerce in the App Catalog, to purchase apps, you can enter credit card information by selecting Preferences & Accounts from the application menu in App Catalog. Credit card information is stored with the Palm profile, not on the phone. You can choose whether you need to enter their Palm profile password each time you make a purchase, or for the first purchase in any four-hour window.
Consumers will be able to pay using Credit Card and developers receive a 70% revenue share. In the beta period only a selection of developers will be able to sell applications in the App Catalog. When support for paid applications goes out of beta, developers need to pay a yearly fee of $99 to sell apps.
The Palm App Catalog was launched in beta in June and is now available for Palm users in the US and Canada. App Catalog will be coming to European countries soon, 13 October in Germany and on 16 October in the U.K. and Ireland.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
The Palm App Catalog was launched in beta in June and is now available for Palm users in the US and Canada. It is expected that the App Catalog will be coming to European countries at the end of October.
Since the App Catalog launch, only free applications have been available, and the content is limited to just over 60 apps.
In August, Palm announced they would start beta testing paid applications in September, which was just confirmed for September 24 (via AllThingsD).
Consumers will be able to pay using Credit Card and developers receive a 70% revenue share. It is not clear yet how long the beta will last. In the beta period only a selection of developers will be able to sell applications in the App Catalog. When support for paid applications goes out of beta, developers need to pay a yearly fee of $99 to sell apps.
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
The Palm App Catalog was launched in beta at the beginning of June, together with the first supported phone coming to the market, the Pre. Until now, both the Palm Pre and App Catalog are only available in the US. Palm announced that both will be coming to Canada onAugust 27. After Canada, the App Catalog will also be launched in Europe this October. Right now, there are 31 applications available in the App Catalog, all free.
Today, Palm announced support for paid applications in the App Catalog. Developers can submit their applications for beta testing starting mid-September. It is not clear yet when paid applications will be offered to the full audience of the store.
The most important facts for paid apps:
- Developers can charge a one-time fee
- Initially only supported in the US
- Developers receive 70% revenue share
- Billing for consumers will be done via credit card
We updated this information in our mobile app store overview.
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
- More Android phones are coming to market the next months from HTC, Samsung and Motorola.
- Windows Marketplace wants to attract iPhone developers.
- Handmark launched an app store for Windows Mobile.
- Palm App Catalog is coming to Canada this month.
- Distimo Report covering Apple App Store & Android Market is available.
- Acer is launching an app store within this year.
Tags: acer app store, android, Handmark, Palm App Catalog, Windows Marketplace
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
- LG launches an app store with 90% paid content. The store is live now.
- 10 European countries will get access to Blackberry App World this month.
- Windows Marketplace will also support existing Windows Mobile phones. The store will go live at the end of this year.
- Getjar reaches half a billion application downloads.
- Symbian launches Horizon, a developer program to assist in getting Symbian apps to the market in several app stores.
- Plam App Catalog will let more developers publish their applications starting this fall.
Tags: BlackBerry App World, Getjar, LG Application Store, Palm App Catalog, symbian horizon, Windows Marketplace
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
New York Times app for webOS
Palm just made their development kit available for developers to create applications on their webOS. Submitting applications to enter the App Catalog will be possible from this fall. No exact date is announced yet.
Right now, there are 31 applications present in the App Catalog. It would be good to see more apps getting in the market soon.
Starting this October, the Palm Pre and the App Catalog become available in European countries. We expect Palm to allow more developers in the store around the same time.
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