Further, BlackBerry didn't make clear today if all 30,000 of the new apps added since early February are native BB10 apps, or if some of them are also Android ports. When the Z10 launched in February, BlackBerry admitted that about 40% of the 70,000 apps were ported in from the Android platform. Not all the apps in BlackBerry World are native BB10 apps. There's a big caveat to BlackBerry's big claim, however. We constantly hear from developers that the BlackBerry 10 tools are easy to build with and that we provide opportunities for app differentiation that they do not see on other platforms.'

'Top brands and application providers are joining us every day and are seeing the benefits of being early supporters of the new platform. Customers are thrilled with the applications already available, and the catalog just keeps growing, now with more than 100,000 apps,' said Martyn Mallick, VP of Global Alliances at BlackBerry. 'The response to the BlackBerry 10 platform and applications has been outstanding. BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has been targeting the top apps in each market, rather than just a random blanket of apps. Further, apps such as CNN, The Daily Show Headlines, eBay, eMusic, Maxim, MLB at Bat, MTV News, Pageonce, PGA, Rdio, Skype, Soundhound and Viber will all reach BlackBerry World in the coming weeks, said the smartphone maker.īlackBerry has been courting developers around the globe in order to build its app catalog. BlackBerry has added 30,000 new apps to the store during the last seven weeks.Īccording to BlackBerry, some of the new apps live in the store today include Amazon Kindle, OpenTable and The Wall Street Journal. in early February, 70,000 apps were available in the store. When BlackBerry 10 launched in Canada and the U.K. on Friday.Īpplications are a critical part of any smartphone ecosystem. The timing is perfect, as the Z10, the first BlackBerry 10 device, launches in the U.S. The company announced that its BlackBerry World app store now offers 100,000 unique applications for the BlackBerry 10 platform. BlackBerry 10: Visual Tour Of Smartphones, OS (click image for larger view and for slideshow)īlackBerry has yet another large number to crow about.

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