There's a long way to go before BlackBerry applications go through

On Twitter, BlackBerry officially announced that the total number of Blackberry App World software has exceeded 10,000. To better understand the development of RIM's App World, we may wish to make a simple comparison with the powerful Apple, Android, And the deprecated Palm software store.

Apple App Store:

◆ Officially launched on April 9, July 10, 2008

◆ In December 5, 2008, the number of software programs exceeded 10,000

◆ As of September 1, 2010, the number of software had exceeded 250,000

Apple App Store Development Curve

Google's Android Market:

◆ Officially launched on July 15, October 22, 2008 and announced on July 15, August 28)

◆ In September 7, 2009, the number of software programs exceeded 10,000

◆ The number of software has exceeded August 2010 by 100,000

Google Android Market Development Curve

App Catalog of Palm:

◆ Officially launched on April 9, June 6, 2009

◆ As of today, the total number of software applications is 4187

RIM's App World:

◆ Officially launched on April 9, April 1, 2009

◆ In September 7, 2010, the total number of software applications exceeded 10,000

From the above data, we can see that it took five months for Apple's software to reach the 10,000 mark, and iOS attracted the most developers. As the first mobile phone system to launch a software store, app Store's pioneer identity has also benefited it a lot, while Android took 10 and a half months to reach the 10,000 level, but after more and more mobile phone manufacturers chose the Android platform, the Android Market has also begun a rapid development phase, with more than 90 thousand new software added in more than 10 months; RIM finally exceeded 10,000 software after the App World was released for a year and a half. Although there is still a large gap with iOS and Android, in particular, the previous two developed rapidly, but in contrast, the webOS system with outstanding performance only had more than four thousand software after 15 months of release, RIM's score cannot be too bad.

But this is not a time to celebrate, and more severe tests are still waiting. The number of iOS and Android software is far ahead of RIM, and the numerous details revealed by webOS 2.0 have once again attracted a lot of attention, in addition, the new PDK and SDK hybrid applications allow more developers to easily import software from other platforms to webOS, at that time, if HP can launch hardware with excellent performance, it may attract a large number of developers.

Attracting developers is only the first step in the long journey. How to make consumers pay for machines is the ultimate goal. In this regard, Fred Devereux, wireless operation Chairman of AT&T's western United States, poured cold water on RIM on the second day after RIM announced that the number of software was tens of thousands. He said they were a little disappointed with the sales of Blackberry Torch, but he was surprised that the phone was not as popular as they expected. However, it is suggested that AT&T provides users with a $99 iPhone 3GS and many Android phones, including Samsung Captivate, which is very competitive, is it surprising that Torch, which sells for $200, is not selling fast?