Hot on HuffPost Tech:

STUDY: Twitter Use Is On The Rise
First 'Atomic Movie' Created By Quantum Physicists

See More Stories

Free Switched iPhone app - try it now!

AOL Tech

AOL
MAIL

Switched

Desktop:
Windows
OS X
Linux

Tag: MOBILE APP STORE

Search
Tags
Galleries

PocketGear buys Handango, consolidates the mobile app store space

by Brad Linder on February 23, 2010 at 09:57 AM

Before Apple, Google, Nokia, BlackBerry, and Microsoft offered on-device app stores for mobile phones and PDAs, there were web-based stores including PocketGear, Handango, and MobiHand. 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, ...