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PocketGear buys Handango, consolidates the mobile app store space
These stores are still alive and kicking, and allow you to browse, purchase, and download applications for pretty much any mobile platform except the iPhone -- including Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm, and BlackBerry.
But it looks like that space is consolidating a bit, with PocketGear announcing that it has just purchased its number one rival, Handango. Buy bringing Handango into the fold, PocketGear now offers more than 140,000 free and paid applications for download.
Of course, downloading apps from the web and then copying them to your device isn't quite as quick or efficient a process as using an in-device mobile app store -- but PocketGear offers one of those too, at least for Windows Mobile.
[via Engadget]
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Subscribe to commentsdo.ronFeb 23rd 2010 11:27AM
If your only about the freeware, OpnMarket is an app store for WinMo phones that connects to freewarepocketpc.net. Awesome IMO.
ThorrenFeb 24th 2010 10:21AM
Very interesting. Big move for these two companies, as the mobile app store business is becoming more and more competitive on a daily basis with many new entrants. One that I think is worth checking out is www.appboy.com - it is just building up and currently supports 4 platforms, but with stated intentions of adding more in the future. They do include iPhone in their offerings as well.
Jack CramerFeb 26th 2010 3:29PM
You say it doesn't include apps for iphone but can you get iphone apps for other phones on here? Like the new Bizarro app from the comic strip can you get things like this on the site?