Windows Eight Can Use More Than 400.000 Android Applications

Android applications like honey attract bees. After RIM says there will be some applications this time “bee” a new Windows 8 will be able to run Android applications.

However, the pinning Android applications on Windows 8 is not officially from Microsoft, but from a third party. Is an application that allows the device either BlueStack PC, laptop or tablet-based Windows 8 can run thousands of applications from the Android Market.
In the exhibition electronics Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas, the BlueStacks has announced that they would make such a player app that can run all applications on the Android device to Windows 8, in 2012 this.
BlueStacks CEO Rosen Sharma, praising the beauty of the Metro user interface User Interface (UI Metro) used in Windows 8. Even so, Sharma assess the number of applications on Windows 8 is still very low, considering that Windows 8 is not only destined for the computer, but also for smartphones and tablets.

Based on that BlueStacks make Android App Player is an application that aims to fill the gap in Windows 8. This means there will be over 400 000 Android applications that can run on Windows 8.

App player will be integrated with the Metro UI-style tile, so the application Android seen together on the Microsoft platform.
BlueStacks promising App Player will be available in beta form in February 2012. While the launch date of the final version has not been determined, but mentioned no later than mid-2012.
Last year, BlueStacks has released an application called Apps-on-PC which allows thousands of Android applications can be accessed via personal computer (PC)-based Windows
As we all know that the number of Android apps in Android Market is still less than the number of applications in the Apple App Store. However, narrowing the gap between the two.

Based on company reports Distimo application analysis, quoted VentureBeat, the number of applications in the Android Market has reach 400,000 applications.

Whereas in the same period, the number of applications in the Apple App Store, according to data from 148Apps.biz, reaching 540 000 applications.

Distimo noted, the rate of growth of applications in the Android Market is still slightly slower than the Apple App Store. To reach 400 000 Android Market took two months longer.

Currently, two thirds of the number of applications in the Android Market is a free application. The number of free applications and “freemium” is called Distimo as a growth factor

Until now, the Android application developer has reached 100,000 developers. That is, if the hit rate, respectively developers spend an average of 4 applications.

On the other hand, Windows Phone has reached 50,000 applications by the end of 2011. Platform is relatively much younger it’s not had much time to grow.