App Store Wiki March Update—Now Listing 57 App Stores!
The WIP App Store Wiki now has 57 app stores, up from 46 at the beginning of February! Download the latest App Store report to check out and easily compare details on them all.
There was one big announcement in the app store arena from MWC: the Wholesale Applications Community, a major effort from about 25 mobile operators, three handset manufacturers, and the GSMA. The WAC is a sort of clearinghouse for each operator’s app stores, seeking to unify their submission processes and standardize developer access to network assets.
In short, this means that developers could potentially reach more than 3 million mobile subs across all the developers with a single submission! WAC is also promising to simplify the development process by using existing technical standards (OneAPI, JIL and OMTP Bondi to start) and making it easier for developers to create cross-platform apps. While it seems unlikely that WAC will make all the other app stores irrelevant, it should offer developers a great...