User:Santakrooz/AppWave

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Developer(s)Embarcadero Technologies
Initial releaseDecember 5, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-12-05)
Operating systemWindows XP or later
PlatformPC, Laptop, Intel
TypeEnterprise App Store, software distribution
LicenseProprietary freeware commercial
Websitewww.embarcadero.com/appwave

AppWave is an Enterprise "App Store" platform for Windows applications developed and maintained by Embarcadero Technologies. AppWave presents users with a self-service Enterprise application distribution model utilizing familiar Mobile-like "App Store" concepts. Unlike public App Stores, AppWave is an "on-site" technology designed to host the software titles an organization already owns or has developed internally. AppWave utilizes what Embarcadero calls "app isolation" and "smart app streaming" to deliver Windows software to users .

AppWave users can also download additional software titles from the AppWave Store, a public app store based on the same AppWave technology. The AppWave store currently hosts over 1000 Windows Apps for free download.

History[edit]

AppWave was initially introduced in Embarcadero's All-Access and ToolCloud products available only to Embarcadero customers and supporting only Embarcadero's own software titles. Beginning in version 2 released in June 2011, AppWave introduced the ability for customers to upload any Windows software title into their AppWaves to make available to their users.


After the success of Apple's App Store, and the launch of similar services by its competitors, the term "app store" has been adopted to refer to any similar service for mobile devices.[1][2][3][4] However, Apple applied for a trademark on the term App Store in 2008[5][6] which was tentatively approved in 2011.[7] Later, in June 2011, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton, who is presiding over Apple's case against Amazon, said she'll "probably" deny Apple's motion that seeks to bar the Web retailer from using the "App Store" name.[8][9][10] Later on July 6th, Apple was denied preliminary injunction against Amazon's Appstore by a federal judge.[11]

The term app has become a popular buzzword; in January 2011, app was awarded the honor of being 2010's "Word of the Year" by the American Dialect Society.[12] Apple does not hold a trademark on, or claim exclusive rights to the term app, which has been used as shorthand for "application" since at least 2002, for example Google Apps (first introduced in 2006).[13]

Date Available apps Downloads to date Average download per app
July 11, 2008[14] 500 0 0
July 14, 2008[15] 800 10,000,000 12,500
September 9, 2008[16] 3,000 55,000,000 18,334
October 22, 2008[17] 7,500 200,000,000 26,667
January 16, 2009[18] 15,000 500,000,000 33,334
March 17, 2009[19] 25,000 800,000,000 32,000
April 23, 2009[20] 35,000 1,000,000,000 28,571
June 8, 2009[21] 50,000 1,000,000,000+ ~20,000
July 11, 2009[citation needed] 55,000 1,000,000,000+ ~18,182
July 14, 2009[22] 65,000 1,500,000,000 23,077
September 9, 2009 75,000 1,800,000,000 24,000
September 28, 2009[23][24] 85,000 2,000,000,000 23,529
November 4, 2009[25][26] 100,000 2,000,000,000+ ~20,000
January 5, 2010[27][28] 120,000 3,000,000,000+ ~25,000
March 20, 2010[29] 150,000+ 3,000,000,000+ ~20,000
April 8, 2010[30] 185,000+ 4,000,000,000+ ~21,622
April 29, 2010[31] 200,000+ 4,500,000,000+ ~22,500
June 7, 2010[32] 225,000+ 5,000,000,000+ ~22,222
September 1, 2010[33] 250,000+ 6,500,000,000+ ~26,000
October 20, 2010 300,000+[34] 7,000,000,000[35] ~23,334
Jan 22, 2011[36] 350,000+ 10,000,000,000+ ~28,571
June 6, 2011[37] 425,000+ 14,000,000,000+ ~32,941
July 7, 2011[38] 425,000+ 15,000,000,000+ ~35,294
October 4, 2011[39] 500,000+ 18,000,000,000+ ~36,000
February 28, 2012 500,000+ 24,000,000,000+ ~40,000
March 3, 2012 500,000+ 25,000,000,000+
March 5, 2012[40] 550,000+ 25,000,000,000+
March 7, 2012 585,000 25,000,000,000+

iPad applications[edit]

The iPad launched in April 2010 with over 3000 applications designed for the iPad. By December 2010, just eight months after the release of the iPad, over 50,000 apps were available for the device.

As of July 2011, 16 months after the iPad launched, there are over 100,000 apps available at the App Store designed specifically for the device.[41]

On the July 7, 2011, Apple announced that over 15 billion apps had been downloaded from the iOS app store.[38] But, micro level information on the number of downloads of each ranked application has not been made available. To help app producers with their marketing effort and help researchers in better understanding the Apple's iOS app store, a recent research study[42] has tried to estimate the model that converts the app rank to daily downloads. Researchers Garg and Telang from Carnegie Mellon University found that the app downloads follow a Pareto distribution and can be estimated using the equations:
iPad_app_downloads = 9,525 * paid_app_rank^(-0.903)
iPhone_app_downloads = 52,511 * paid_app_rank^(-0.944)
NOTE: this claim has not been verified by Apple or any other market research organization.

At the end of November 2011, Apple advertised in holiday newsletter of online Apple Store there are more than 140,000 iPad apps available.

Most popular apps[edit]

In April 2009, Apple announced the apps which had the most number of downloads since the store was launched. Among paid apps, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, by Activision Publishing, was ranked first, while Facebook enjoyed the same position among free apps, followed by Google Earth.[43] Other popular apps include Angry Birds and apps made by Ragdoll Studios. Whatsapp is the most popular app for messaging between BB, Android and iPhone. It works similar to the BB messenger.

Application ratings[edit]

Apple rates applications worldwide based on their content, and determines the age group for which each is appropriate. According to the iPhone OS 3.0 launch event, the iPhone will allow blocking of objectionable apps in the iPhone's settings. The following are the ratings that Apple has detailed:

Rating Description
4+ Contains no objectionable material.
9+ May contain mild or infrequent occurrences of cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence, and infrequent or mild mature, suggestive, or horror-themed content which may not be suitable for children under the age of 9.
12+ May also contain infrequent mild language, frequent or intense cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence, and mild or infrequent mature or suggestive themes, and simulated gambling which may not be suitable for children under the age of 12.
17+ May also contain frequent and intense mature, horror, and suggestive themes; plus strong sexual content, nudity, strong language, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs which may not be suitable for children under the age of 17. Also, if the app accesses the internet it is rated 17+.[citation needed] Consumers must be at least 17 years old to purchase apps with this rating. Whenever an app of this rating is requested for download, a message will appear, verifying if a user is 17 or older, and asking to confirm the purchase for this reason.

App approval process[edit]

Main article: Approval of iOS apps

Applications are subject to approval by Apple, as outlined in the SDK agreement, for basic reliability testing and other analysis. Applications may still be distributed "ad-hoc" if they are rejected, by the author manually submitting a request to Apple to license the application to individual iPhones, although Apple may withdraw the ability for authors to do this at a later date.

Non-disclosure agreements (NDA) have always forbidden developers from publishing the content of their rejection notices, but Apple has now started labeling their rejection letters with an NDA warning THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS UNDER NON-DISCLOSURE. Apple later changed the NDA citing that "it has created too much of a burden on developers" but they did not reverse the decision to forbid publication of rejection notices. Some applications are not available outside the US App Store at the request of the developer. Since so many developers have published rejection emails Apple now most often call submitters to verbally tell them their rejection notice.

In addition, Apple has removed software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) from the App Store after complaints from one of the program's developers, claiming that the App Store's terms of service are incompatible with the GPL.[44][45]

Enterprise App Stores[edit]

Because Apple's App Store is for consumers, companies are unable to distribute in-house apps on the App Store. Under Apple's iOS Developer Enterprise Program companies can publish in-house apps using an Enterprise App Store[46] with systems such as AppWave,[47] AppCentral,[48] Apperian EASE,[49] Appaloosa Store[50] Partnerpedia or a Mobile Device Management platform such as Sybase Afaria.

Apps published with Apple's iOS Developer Enterprise Program are still subject to Apple's control via the controversial kill switch,[51] where Apple can revoke a publisher's digital certificate and thereby "kill" the app on user devices. However, there is no evidence that this has been done in the enterprise environment.

Similar services for other devices[edit]

Main article: List of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices

Competitors also have their own stores for mobile applications. Palm Inc. published an application store similar to the App Store for Palm devices[52] and announced the App Catalog for webOS on the Palm Pre that was released on June 6, 2009. Another platform, Google Play ( former Android Market ) is used in conjunction with Google's Android operating system. Microsoft has released Windows Phone Marketplace, an application store for their Windows Phone platform.

Nokia has released The "Ovi Store"[53] (which replaced its earlier "Download!" application, which predated Apple's App Store) for its S60 and S40 based mobile devices. Samsung has created Samsung Apps, primarily to cater for its own Bada OS, but also with support for certain other Samsung devices. Research in Motion (RIM) also launched its application store BlackBerry App World.[54]

The Nintendo DSi is able to connect to an online store called the "DSi Shop", along with Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Playstation Vita being able to connect to PlayStation Store to download games, etc. The Nintendo 3DS also has its own application distribution platform, called the Nintendo eShop.

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External links[edit]

Category:Apple Inc. services Category:IPhone Category:IPad Category:IOS software Category:ITunes Category:Mobile software distribution platforms

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