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Handango aka “the original app store” is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and has launched a revamped website to make it easier for users to search and download mobile content.
Here are some of the interesting numbers we caught in their anniversary edition press release:
- Over 100 million apps have been downloaded so far with an average PAID order value of more than $20 per application
- Nearly 1,000 devices and 8 different operating systems are supported
- Handango has a network of websites in 14 languages and 16 currencies, as well as customers in more than 200 countries
- 140,000 applications from over 23,000 content partners
Handango was founded in 1999 as PalmCentral.com. Over the last decade, Handango has welcomed applications from all operating systems — including Windows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC, Palm, Symbian S60 and UIQ, BlackBerry and most recently for the Android Market.
Finally, since its launch, Handango has gone from a pure-web distribution channel to reaching millions of customers through Handango’s In Hand on device portal, via the mobile Web and through its affiliates and channel partners.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
