We’re comfortable buying apps from third parties. Curated, third-party app stores made their presence felt this year: Amazon opened its limited Appstore of Android apps for its Kindle products, and GetJar had more than 350,000 apps available for all major platforms, saw more than 2 billion downloads total — and it grabbed some impressive exclusives.
Huge ups to my employer, GetJar for having a monster Q4, a very promising 2012, and hiring me full time as of today.
By the numbers: Mobile apps in 2011 — Tech News and Analysis
Source: gigaom.com