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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It took Apple about four months to reach 10,000 mobile developer applications after its Apple App store opened in July 2008. The Apple App store is still going strong. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google&#039;s has gotten off to a much slower start. Its competing Android Market launched in October 2008, but developers could only upload free applications because the Android store didn&#039;t have a payment system. Google announced on Feb. 13 that &lt;a href=&quot;http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-market-update-support-for.html&quot;&gt;mobile developers can now offer paid apps&lt;/a&gt; for Android, which will use Google Checkout for its payment and billing system. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several cellphone makers like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC are expected&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html?source=rss&amp;amp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/12/Samsung_delays_Google_Android_phone_1.html&quot;&gt; to release new Android-powered phones this year. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Google&#039;s Android Market will hit 10,000 applications by October 1, 2009.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8586487@N06/&quot;&gt;Last NYC Hero&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr &lt;/p&gt;
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