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The big question about BlackBerry OS is the app landscape. Both iOS and Android have robust catalogs of apps and BlackBerry will need some top names to compete. According to BlackBerry, the platform will launch with 70,000 apps, the biggest library for any new mobile platform. The company claims it has 1,000 of the top apps and developers committed to BlackBerry 10. Launch titles will include Skype, WhatsApp, Kindle, SAP, Fruit Ninja,Where’s My Water, Angry Birds, Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, Sound Hound, Rdio, WebEx, WSJ, box.net and more. Notably absent are Instagram, Spotify, Pandora, Netflix, Hulu and YouTube.
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About The Author
Kelly Hodgkins
Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.
