With over 85,000 applications now available at the Apple App Store, it is practically imminent to find a lot of people landing on the site and picking out the best apps they can get. And apparently the number have swelled to 2 billion downloads, making the Apple App Store the largest application store in the world today.

The Apple App Store is available in over 77 countries worldwide, providing access to iPhone and iPod Touch owners a range of applications to check out and download. Among the genres included are games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. With the recently introduced iTunes 9, it’s now easier than ever to organize and sync your apps right in iTunes and they will automatically appear on your iPhone or iPod touch with the same layout.

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While Samsung is just beginning its Application Store adventure, Palm is working on improving the general aspect of its already launched App Catalog. It’s clear that Apple has implemented a key feature in this mobile modern business and everyone else is following the new trend. We couldn’t be happier since we do need all the mobile content we can get in order to go through our daily routines as smooth as possible. And Palm is apparently working on redesigning the App Catalog. The new features include credit card payments support, integrated app management, tag cloud support and a new page layout. We’ll be waiting for Palm to make everything official as the App Catalog should finally be filled with brand new applications! But what do you say Palm Pre users, are you ready to start purchasing more apps from the store?

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If you happen to own an Omnia i900 phone from Samsung then you might be one of those lucky fellows that can honestly say they have taken a peak at Samsung’s upcoming Application Store. Unfortunately you’d have to go the UK, Italy or France as that’s where the store has been made available so far.

The store offers so far about 300 paid apps and lots of free apps ready to be installed on your Samsung phones. By the end of the year Samsung will have around 2,000 apps in the store. It’s not too much, but it’s a healthy start. Besides the i900, the Omnia II I8000 and the Omnia LTE B7300 will also get support for accessing the new Application Store. Anyone excited about the new app store?

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Samsung has been gaining ground in the recent weeks with its varied mobile handsets and it is only fitting to know that they will be topping all of these releases with their very own App Store. Samsung will be opening its own on-device application store for all its Samsung smartphones this coming September 14 in the United Kingdom, France and Italy. After this, over 30 other countries will also be having their own Samsung App Store. However, only the Omnia II and OmniaLITE handsets can access the app portal for the time being.

And similar to most online application sites, the Samsung App Store will also be offering various handset applications ranging from games, references, social networking and other solutions. Omnia users who want to access the site need to download a mobile client at samsungapps.com while the I8910 HD just have to update their software.

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Having some sort of memory game installed on your mobile phone seems so common these days. It helps sharpen your mind especially at times when you are idle or even bored. L.L. Bean launches a new app for the iPhone in the Moosentration memory game which is free to download for six months.

Moosentration is actually an offshoot of the classic Concentration memory card game. It features three skill levels along with 24 game variations and eight picture sets to choose from. Gamers can test their memory skills by matching images hiding behind L.L.Bean branded card tiles. Images include L.L.Bean and Maine iconic items such as Bean Boots, lighthouses and wildlife critters.

The Moosentration app can now be downloaded for free at the iTunes application store.

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Ever since Apple first launched their App Store pretty much every handset manufacturer has done the same. LG however, has been a latecomer to the game only recently announcing the launch of their LG Application Store in Asia.

The LG Application Store will reportedly launch with 1,400 applications with only 100 of them being free. Furthermore, LG says that if Asia takes to their app store as they predict they will take the service global by the end of 2009.

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Bringing TV entertainment seems to be the fad these days and another media player application, the NexPlayer from Nextreaming has been made available commercially for the Apple iPhone. The player is showing premium quality for video and music streaming services through Mobile Operator Networks and also through Wireless Internet.

The player is now ready for Mobile Network Operators who will distribute it via the iPhone Application Store. The player functionality and user interface are customizable and can be combined or integrated into any other existing applications from the Mobile Operators or Service Providers.

The excellent video and audio quality provided by NexPlayer on the iPhone is based on the large experience of Nextreaming in optimizing its media player for particular handsets and platforms. The player includes the latest codecs and protocols, which are market proven with many Operator handsets powered by the company already.

This includes robustness and secured interoperability with Operator services, but also the best video quality and user experience with the iPhone device.

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