Android is making it big in the market. In 2009, about 9 Android based mobile phones were released in the market and 2010 may see at least 50 more Android devices – which is quite a number. Also, it is being speculated that in near future, if Android continues to remain popular among cell phone manufacturers, it may soon start leading the market and change the current trend. Presently, it is iPhone 3GS that has stolen the show, but Android may change the course.
One of the strongest sides of Apple iPhone is their App store which is remarkable in number of applications it houses. So if Android owns more Apps, will it win over Apple? Well, that’s uncertain but one sure news is that Android is making more App stores.
The two App stores already in the Android market are Google’s Android Market and Motorola’s SHOP4APPS store. But now Android is going to releasing more App stores. The stores are going to be by Sony Ericsson and General Mobile. Sony Ericsson had earlier announced about its new cell phone Xperia10 which is in making. The Apps for Xperia10 can be sent by developers to Sony Ericsson. AppThe supposed name of the store by General Mobile is Stereoid.
The more number of Android App stores can cause a complete change in the market trends which is ruled by Apple store. But this may take very long as Apple Apps store is not just huge in number of Applications it has contains but also it is a one-stop App store. Where as Android App stores are distributed, which can be not very effective. However, nothing can be confirmed at this stage. We may have to wait for yet another few months to analyze if there is only one runner in the race or this runner could be threatened by someone else. Till then let’s wait for some more news.