Andre Yoskowitz
29 Sep 2010 21:29
RIM VP of product platform management Alan Panezic has defended the low BlackBerry App World app count today, saying "we don't need 200 fart apps."
The App World currently has just over 10,000 apps, tiny in comparison to Android's 100,000 and Apple's 250,000.
Continuing on, Panezic says: "Those are apps you'll use three or four times then never open again (the fart apps). You're not looking at ads, clicking on ads or buying premium upgrades, and the app isn't adding any value to your device."
RIM mainly adds "super apps" to its store, apps that will be heavily used and improve the phone as a whole.
Panezic says Android and iOS app counts are "deceptive" since many are useless and a significant amount are redundancies with different names and slight differences.
With all that being said, the VP did note that BlackBerry app sales are poor due to how expensive their apps are compared to other stores. Until a month ago, RIM forced a $3 minimum for paid apps.