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Competition For the App Store Is Mounting

Posted by Soulskill on from the playing-catch-up dept.

MojoKid writes "Right now the only real 'competition' to Apple's App Store is the Android Market. Presently, anyone using an Android-based phone can download applications from the Android Market, which first started offering free applications in October '08. A drawback to Android application developers, however, is the fact that the potential Android Market user base is fairly small right now, as there is presently only one Android phone available, the T-Mobile G1. However, in the coming months we're also going to see more app stores come online for additional smartphone platforms. Nokia will officially launch an app store for its Symbian OS-based smartphones at Mobile World Congress on Monday. Microsoft is also getting in the game for smartphones that run the Windows Mobile OS, with Steve Ballmer delivering the keynote speech at Mobile World Congress as well."

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  3. Re:Jewish Allies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm glad I don't have a whole country full of deceitful, greedy kikes stealing all my water and land anywhere near me. Fucking Jews can't just live in peace. They have to steal other people's land. Our national economy is collapsing from the Jewbanks doing their usual Jewthing. You see, with Jews, you lose. That's how THEY win. They WIN by making YOU lose. So let's lose the Jews.

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    • Isreal has a Jewish population of 5,309,000.
    • America has a Jewish population of 5,275,000.

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  4. Re:Jewish Allies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you're going to reply to a troll, at least post something with some substance and not just "NO YUO"