Android market total app count passes the 50K milestone

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The rapid growth of the Android market continues to impress the mobile world. The Google OS application distribution service now offers more than 50 000 titles to Android users around the world. And the best part is that more than half of them are free.
The Android market got nearly 9000 new apps in March alone and chances are there will be even more new offerings this month. The total app count currently stands at 50 395, which is really impressive for an OS that has been around for a year and a half.
The Android market is still nowhere near the standard of the Apple App Store (200 000 or so apps) but if the exponential growth continues things might get closer between those two. And seeing how well the Android devices are selling we suspect this moment can’t be too far away either.
The really good news is that despite the rapidly increasing total numbers, the large percentage of free apps in the Android market is kept intact. Nearly 60 percent of all apps in the Android market are free, compared to about 25 percent in the app distribution services of the competing platforms.
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Source: Android market total app count passes the 50K milestone - GSMArena.com news
Seems only better times are ahead for Android phone users :)
 
Out of those 50k applications, around 30k are pure junk and spam applications. Although Android market is great but the spam is something Google should take care of. Just ignore those numbers. They mean nothing.
 
Many of these so-called apps are just new skins for your phones:p:p about 49k of those apps are pure junk.And still no good games.Would have bought an android phone(htc incredible) if not for the app store.the only android app i miss on the iphone is the free voice guided google navigation
 
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