Android Market said to surpass 200K

Dec 30, 2010, 14:04 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Eric Brown)

"Android Market is now offering 200,000 applications, only a few months after surpassing 100,000, according to estimates published by AndroLib. Meanwhile, Google launched a carrier billing feature for AT&T customers, who can now download applications from the Android Market and bill them directly to their wireless service bills.

"According to app search and tracking site AndroLib, Android Market has doubled its store of apps in recent months, and now exceeds 200,000. AndroLib also reports that 63.4 percent of those apps are free, vs. 36.6 percent that cost money. Meanwhile, the number of applications that have been downloaded from Android Market has surpassed 2.5 billion, according to the company."

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