2011 Consumer Electronics Show as one of the stars, Google Android operating system is one of the most popular mobile platforms. According to previous reports Androlib, there are currently about 200,000 Android application, Android applications store is the largest store.

However, Android seems inaccurate data, according to the application of a more credible analysis of the company Distimo store statistical results, Android application store the number of about 130,000, is the second largest application store.

Distimo’s report contains the Apple App Store, Google Android application market, the BlackBerry application of the world, Nokia Ovi store, Palm application classification, Windows Mobile6.x and Windows Phone 7 market, the data recorded in 2010 has been taken into account. According to the copies of the report publicly, the highest growth rate Apple store, the number of applications has doubled, to 300,000. The number of applications in the Android market, doubled to six times. Nokia Ovi store owners twenty-five thousand applications, BlackBerry store there are eighteen thousand applications.

In addition, a large number of download free application allows developers to change the ways of making money, they no longer rely on the application itself to make money. In December 2010, the first of 300 free application downloads in the United States was 300 million times a day, but only 350,000 per day fee application to be downloaded. The growth rate of the application fee to download a free download and more than 30%.