Alec Saunders tweeted that in the first 11 days of the free PlayBook offer, they had received something like 6600 developer applications and 1500 app submissions.
Two days ago, a developer asked him on twitter if RIM had a backlog because app approvals are slow. Alec replied with...
"yup. Over 6,000 apps and climbing as more are submitted."
"Mark Mruss @MarkAtAndromo
@asaunders Just letting you know Andromo made Android apps are being approved by BlackBerry. We've got over almost 30,000 people signed up.
18 Feb Alec Saunders @asaunders
� Close Open Details @MarkAtAndromo VERY cool."
"Mark Mruss @MarkAtAndromo
@asaunders Just letting you know Andromo made Android apps are being approved by BlackBerry. We've got over almost 30,000 people signed up.
18 Feb Alec Saunders @asaunders
� Close Open Details @MarkAtAndromo VERY cool."
Yeah, I checked out that Andromo site earlier. I'm not a developer so I can't say for sure, but that appears to be a service where you can build an app using various customizable templates. Although this means the apps won't be super unique, their content can still be valuable to some people. And let's face it, these types of apps have filled up the App Store and Android Market and both of them seem more than happy to brag about the number of apps they have... so, it should be just fine for BlackBerry to build up its "app tonnage" the same way. We all want quality apps, but for marketing purposes, size matters... the size of your app store that is.
Just get the major ones on the platform! You don't need hundreds of thousands of apps, just got to the 20 most wanted crackberry contest and get those out.
Just get the major ones on the platform! You don't need hundreds of thousands of apps, just got to the 20 most wanted crackberry contest and get those out.