PocketGear Swallows Rival in Race to Supply Third-Party App Stores
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Week 10
March 2010 -
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On 23 February 2010, independent software store PocketGear announced that it had acquired rival Handango to create what it claims is the world's largest cross-platform open app store. The two stores have a total catalogue of 140,000 paid-for and free applications available across Android, BlackBerry, Java, Linux, Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile software platforms. The new organisation boasts relationships with 32,000 developers.
The two organisations owned a range of retail applications stores including Handango.com, PocketGear.com, Mobile2Day.de, SymbianGear.com, AndroidGear.com, RIMGear.com, Smartphone.net and PalmGear.com. They also provide white-label stores to a variety of carriers, handset manufacturers, phone retailers and developers.

