====== Handset Manufacturer-Driven Application Stores ======

^ ^ **App Store** ^ **Atom Application Store** ^ **BlackBerry App World** ^ **LG Application Store** ^ **Ovi Store** ^ **PlayNow Arena** ^ **Samsung Apps** ^
|**Company**|Apple Inc.|Intel|Research In Motion (RIM)|LG|Nokia|Sony Ericsson|Samsung|
|**Launch**|July 2008|2010|April 2009|July 2009|May 2009|August 2008|September 2009|
|**Category**|manufacturer|manufacturer|manufacturer|manufacturer|manufacturer|manufacturer|manufacturer|
|**Platform**|native|native|native|LG Mobile Widgets|Nokia WRT|native|Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, Samsung TouchWiz OS|
|**Widgets**|no (via PhoneGap possible)|no|yes|coming soon **(5)**|yes|no|yes|
|**Supported Devices**|iPhone, iPod touch **(1)**|right now supports all Netbooks based on the Intel® Atom™ processor|BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry Device Software v4.2 or higher|-|60 Symbian based smartphones and > 100 handsets in total|38 Sony Ericsson phone models|11 (widgets) **(14)**|
|**Store preinstalled**|yes|-|yes pre-loaded on new phones and can be downloaded by existing customers|web-based|N97 + some others (increasing)|browser-based **(11)**|yes (Omnia devices)|
|**Countries**|in 88 countries **(2)**|-|available in USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela|in CIS, South Africa, UAE, Asia&Pacific and in 15 languages **(6)**|available in 5 languages and on 27 operators in 8 countries that have an Ovi Store in their native language support and carrier billing (Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, France, Russia, Singapore, Australia)+ Ireland and Austria ? **(8)** **(9)**|19 (mostly Europe)|available in 7 languages in UK, France, Italy, Germany, Singapore, Brazil, China|
|**Price**|free or paid apps (paid start at $0.99)|-|free or paid apps (paid start at $2.99) |free or paid apps|free or paid apps (paid start at $0.99)|free or paid apps |free or paid apps |
|**Revenue Share**|70 / 30|70 / 30 for apps; Developers can sell application components the Developer Store in exchange for a % share of revenue from every application sold which uses their component **(18)**|80 / 20|-|70 / 30|70 / 30|70 / 30|
|**Development Cost**|Standard Program: $99 Enterprise Program: $299|now free (later $99 per year)|$200 USD fee (for 10 application submissions)|-|50 EUR registration fee|free|1 USD registration fee|
|**Billing Options**|one-time billing at the time of download; subscription-based billing; In App Purchase (in free apps to sell content, subscription, digital services or premium features)|-|one-time billing at the time of download (in-app payments , monthly and annual subscriptions - coming mid 2010) **(19)**|-|one-time billing at the time of download (credit card and operator billing)|billing through premium SMS, credit card, operator billing|credit card billing; Phone billing; In App Purchase|
|**QA duration**|up to several months|-|4 weeks ?|-|1 week|-|-|
|**Special Restrictions**|billing through iTunes|currently supported: Java, Moblin Native, Windows Native|consumer need PayPal account to purchase apps (not for free ones)|-|-|-|-|
|**Interesting Facts**|China Unicom signed a deal to sell Apple iPhones in China (but they are also having plans for an own app store:  [[http://www.wo-store.net/|Wo Store]] ??) **(16)**|developers will be able to write applications once and have them run on Windows and Moblin devices; devices ranging from netbooks to cars to handsets **(17)**; Intel is partnering with manufacturers (Asus, Acer, Dell) to create multiple app stores where applications and application building blocks for Intel-based netbooks and handhelds will be sold|coming first half 2010: **BlackBerry Push Service** (push notifications to BlackBerry apps), **location services** (battery-friendly  cell site geolocation /grab users’ locations), **reverse geocoding** (convert geolocation co-ordinates to specific addresses), **travel time** (only US, CA) **(19)**|-|Each registered user downloads an average of 8 pieces of content, the number of downloads in October 2009 compared to September is up by 70% **(8)**|**Successful content** (at PlayNow Arena) may also be included on Sony Ericsson’s other service platform: [[http://www.sonyericsson.com/fun/|FUN & downloads]] **(12)**, which reaches over 200 million phones in 69 markets, **Collaboration with GetJar** by providing a one-click access from PlayNow arena to their extensive market channel|hosted and managed by Handmark **(15)**|
|**Plans**|-|Adobe AIR runtime support|-|reach Europe and the South America by end 2009|**by end 2009:** 80 million users, 3 additional languages (Portuguese, French, simplified Chinese), more carriers incl. AT&T in the US |-|rollout in more than 50 countries in 2010, -apps will be also available on Televisions, Blu-Ray Players, Home Theater (July 2010)|
|**Users total**|50 million|-|5-10 million **(4)**|-|1.67 million **(10)** (from 180 countries)|25 million **(13)**|-|
|**Major downl. countries**|-|-|-|-|Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, France, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Russia, UK **(8)**|-|-|
|**Apps+Widgets total**|159,000 **(3)** (25% free and 75% paid apps)|-|2500|1400 **(7)**|6000|-|2,000|
|**Downloads total since launch**|3 billion **(3)**|-|-|-|10 million **(10)**|-|-|
|**Store URL**|[[http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/|Apps Home]]|-|[[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/|BB App World]]|[[http://www.lgapplication.com/|LG Applicaitons]]|[[http://store.ovi.com/|OVI Store]]|[[http://www.playnow-arena.com/|Playnow Arena]]|[[http://www.samsungapps.com/|Samsung Apps]]|
|**URL Developer**|[[http://developer.apple.com/|Apple Dev Home]]|[[http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/|Intel Atom Dev Program]]|[[http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/|BB Dev Home]]|[[http://developer.lgmobile.com/|LG Dev Home]]|[[http://publish.ovi.com/|OVI Publisher Page]]|[[http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/home/p_home.jsp|SonyEricsson Dev Home]]|[[http://www.samsungapps.com/about/forDevelopers.as|Samsung Dev Home]], [[http://developer.bada.com/|Bada Developer Site]], [[http://seller.samsungapps.com/|Samsung Apps Seller Portal]]|
|**Forum**|-|[[http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/forum|Intel Forum]]|[[http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board?board.id=appworld_dev|BB App World Forum]]|[[http://developer.lgmobile.com/lge.mdn.frm.RetrieveDiscussionBoard.dev#Widget|LG Dev Forum]]|[[http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/|Forum Nokia]]|-|[[http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/bbs/discussion/forum.list.do?platformId=12&parentCategoryId=4&categoryId=204|Samsung Dev Forum]]|
|**News/Info URLs**|-|[[http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20090923corp_b.htm?iid=pr1_releasepri_20090923rb|Intel News Release]], [[http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/blog|Dev Blog]]|[[http://blogs.blackberry.com/|BB Blogs]], [[http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/|BB Dev Portal]], [[http://www.blackberrydeveloperconference.com/|BB Dev Conference]]|-|[[http://blog.ovi.com/|OVI Blog]], [[http://www.oviapplications.com/|OVI Apps]], [[http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/|Forum Nokia Blog]], [[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Ovi|Forum Nokia OVI]], [[http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/|Nokia Beta Labs Blog]]|-|[[http://www.bada.com/|Bada]], [[http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/|Samsung Innovator]]|
^ ^ **App Store** ^ **Atom Application Store** ^ **BlackBerry App World** ^ **LG Application Store** ^ **Ovi Store** ^ **PlayNow Arena** ^ **Samsung Application Store** ^
==== Sources: ====

(1) http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/34291/Apple-Its-Only-Rock-and-Roll-liveblog-here-from-6pm-BST  (sales stats: 30 mio iPhones, 20 mio iPod touches)
http://iphonemeter.com/

(2) http://www.apple.com/iphone/countries/

(3) http://www.intomobile.com/2009/11/02/palm-app-catalog-now-counts-300-titles.html , http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/35528/Apple-reveals-3bn-downloads-milestone-for-iPhones-App-Store , http://www.blog.welluma.eu/index.php/2010/02/13/app-store-hat-nun-150-000-apps/, http://148apps.biz/app-store-metrics/

(4) http://www.slideshare.net/getjar/app-store-comparison-from-getjar

(5) http://developer.lgmobile.com/lge.mdn.tnd.RetrieveTNDInfo.dev?modType=T&objectType=T&menuClassCode=&saveFileName=&resourceNo=TND00000266&selectedType=&tabIndex=2

(6) http://www.lgapplication.com/web.gateway.dev

(7) http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSSEO35932120090713

(8) http://moconews.net/article/419-nokia-had-only-10-million-ovi-downloads-in-first-three-months/ , http://www.s60.at/talk/?p=6502

(9) http://events.nokia.com/developersummit/assets/pdf/NDS09_2804_presentation_John.pdf

(10) http://moconews.net/article/419-nokia-had-only-10-million-ovi-downloads-in-first-three-months/

(11) http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/newsandevents/latestnews/newssept08/p_playnow_newservices.jsp

(12) http://www.sonyericsson.com/fun/

(13) http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/gotomarket/sellit/p_sellit.jsp

(14) http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/prd/sym/product.list.do?searchType=0&platformId=12&platform=&menuName=Symbian&sortingType=1&deviceType=&curPage=1&listLines=10&cookieYN=Y&platformAll=

(15) http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/09/02/handmark-powers-samsungs-app-store/

(16) http://www.cibmagazine.com.cn/Features/Infotech.asp?id=1094&a_hundred_flowers_bloom_in_the_mobile_marketplace.html

http://www.ftchinaconfidential.com/Industries/Telecoms/MobileWireless/Research/Free/WebOnly/article/20091001/0e9fb4dc-ae82-11de-ad49-00144f2af8e8/cmsassets/Assets/Pdf/Research/BDAChinaMobAppStore.pdf

(17) http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/09/intel_to_step_i.html

(18) http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/article/faq#pay_00

(19) http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/34987/BlackBerry-gets-ads-in-app-payments-content-push-and-location
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/35031/BlackBerry-poised-for-apps-evolution-in-2010

===== Application Store Overview =====
[[App Store Overview]]

===== Other App Store Types =====
[[Operator-Driven Application Stores]]

[[Operating System-Driven Application Stores]]

[[Independent Application Stores]]