Android Market Fast Fact
The Fact Of Android Market, Apple App Store and Blackberry
- This is linux based operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance LED By Google.
- Each New version is named after dessert . (IE : Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich)
- Unlike the rest of OS, android market is not open source. Developers are subject to a free of charge licensing agreement with Google. Also unlike other OS, Google does not take a share of the income of Android Market.
- The first was android based device is HTC Dream , released on 2008 , Google also release the first android phone the Nexus One in 2010.
- The Android Market was made available to user in October 2008 . Support for paid application was introduced in February 2009 for the US and UK. Additional support for 29 countries was added in late 2010.
- in 2011, a piece of malware , droiddream was released to the android market in the form of free apps. Using it, hackers able to steal information from infected system, and install backdoor to let them install more code to the infected device. The apps was downloaded more than 50,000 times before Google took action to remove it.
Apple App Store Fast Fact
- The IOS originally released on 2007 with the original iPhone at the Macworld Confrence & Expo. The apps store soon followed in July 2008. The iPad released in 2010, instantly came with access to the app store.
- As 22 January 2011, App Store had over 10 billions downloads. Apple refuse to comment on how many of these have been for ipad.
- The term app originated from the app store had the honor of becoming the “Word Of The Year” for 2010
- The app store is the only way to directly download application onto an IOS device without jail breaking
- All application on the app store are subject to approval by Apple. as outlined in the apple SDK. In general, apple takes 30 percent of revenue of all apps with the remaining of 70 percent going back to developers. There is also an annual fee for using the SDK and permission to upload to the apps store.
- Apple also run as enterprise program that allows corporation , non profits and government agencies profits develop proprietary in house apps not for their own use.
Blackberry App World Fast Fact
- in October 2008, RIM announced that they would be opening application store for their device. The store opened in March 2009 worked in conjunction Paypal.
- App world originally called the Blackberry application storefront(Catchy).
- The Blackberry Playbook was first released in April 2011 to lackluster review. A second major revision to the playbook OS is a scheduled for feburary 2012 release.
- Playbook also support application designed by android os, this allows android based application to be sold and installed through app world.
- Blackberry app world 3.1 allows user the ability to gift apps to others.,as well as request that someone else pay for the purchases.
- The playbook is the only tablet device to meet the security standard of U.S federal government agencies, as well as those of Australian government.







































