The big thing in the mobile world these days is applications. The major smartphone platforms such as the iPhone, Android, Symbian and BlackBerry all offer centralised stores where you can download applications for your phone.
The thing is, you don't necessarily need a 'smartphone' to be able to add applications to your device, as almost all modern handsets come with support for java. Java support on a handset allows you to add features and install games, and one of the best places to download java apps on the web to your phone is getjar.com
The popularity of GetJar has seen the number of apps downloaded through the site increase by more than 300% year on year, to the level where users are now downloading more than 3 million apps, per day. With total apps downloads totalling more than one billion, the GetJar portal is second only to Apple's iPhone App Store.
GetJar is seeing immense growth worldwide, with significant growth coming in North America, Western Europe, Asia and South Africa. There is also regional patterns in usage, with the Indian market downloading more productivity applications than users in the US, whilst English users tend to download more entertainment apps than Indians. Religious applications tend to be more popular in the Middle East.
GetJar founder and CEO Ilja Laurs said “As consumers move from 'browsing and searching' to downloading and tapping', we are seeing that apps are becoming a mainstream way for people to consume content not only in the developed markets on smartphones but all over the world on all different types of handsets.”
The top ten overall apps downloaded on GetJar are:
Facebook Mobile
eBuddy Messenger
Nimbuzz
Migg33
Opera Mini Browser
Yahoo! Mobile
Google
Yahoo! Mail
Bitstream Bolt Browser
YouTube