Over 1, 50,000 Apps Available In Android Market

If there is intense competition among mobile phone vendors across the globe, then war between the different mobile phone operating system is not far behind. Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android, RIM’s BlackBerry, Nokia’s Symbian and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 are some of the top notch mobile operating systems available in today’s market.

Of the aforementioned OS, Android OS is one of the fastest growing mobile phone OS in the world which has given a tough competition to its counterparts. A major factor behind the growth of Android is the availability of multiple applications in the Android market.

Success Depending Upon Availability of Apps

It is to be noted that, today success of a mobile OS is largely dependent on the availability of applications in their respective application store. While Apple’s App store leads the way with presence of more than 300,000 applications, Android is bridging up the gap thick and fast. Android market has more than 1, 50,000 applications available which users can download as per their requirement.

It is not surprising about the growth of applications in the Android market. There has been an increasing demand for Android phones which has generated tremendous interest among developers regarding the platform. Though the road is long for Android to topple Apple, yet with cell phone manufacturers rolling out Android powered devices, the number of Android apps is expected to further increase. Recently Google has come up with a website called Android Market Webstore which makes it users to purchase several Android apps.