Apple has announced that the App Store users have now downloaded more than 300 million applications, having passed the 200 million download mark only six weeks earlier. The App Store officially launched on July 11 alongside the iPhone 3G and iPhone OS 2.0.
The success of the App Store has not gone unnoticed by Apple’s rivals, and many have implemented similar stores. For Google’s Android platform, they have created the Android Market for distributing applications. Google is taking a less-restrictive approach to what can get in its store in an effort to lure developers who may feel Apple’s control is heavy-handed.
Research In Motion will also launch an online mobile app storefront in March 2009 for its Blackberry smartphones. With RIM’s store, content creators will be able to keep 80% of the revenue from any app sold, an increase from the 70% Apple gives developers.
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