Blackbery soon to open appstore and is accepting application submissions
There’s no doubt that Apple is definitely contributing BIG innovations. One of the recent ones which was not directly celebrated by the customers, but which opened a lot of new possibilities and directions is the appstore.The idea is simple and yet genius – let’s give people instant access to the content specialized for their OS and device with convenient method for finding just the right content and zero effort installation process. The result – great success.
The Android adopted the idea and has its own Android Market. Google have learned from some of the mistakes Apple did with its appstore and introduced some new ones. Microsoft is rumored to be developing its own version of the applications market.
But wait, let’s get back to the mobile world. RIM (the developers of Blackberry devices) has been long rumored to be also developing its own version of the market. It is hard to say what is exact market share of Blackberry/Apple/Android/Windows Mobile/Others, but most of the experts and sources agree that the Blackberry market share is very close to the Apple’s iPhone and some reports show slightly larger market share. Te real problem with the Blackberry is the lack of cool applications. There are obviously reasons for that – the business model of RIM is very different from the model Apple has for its phones and yet this is the cause of the “problem” but there ought to be a solution nevertheless. And it seems like finally there will be a solution to shortage from RIM’s side.
RIM called for participation in developing applications for its phones some time ago (official press release). Recently they have announced that they will start to receive applications for evaluation to appear on its storefront (that’s basically how they call their version of applications market).
That’s definitely great news for companies and developers alike who are developing for Blackberry . The competition will be tough 
. Let the best prevail!
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