BlackBerry World has now over 130,000 BB10 apps

BlackBerry has been rapidly adding apps to its
Blackberry World, which now has reached 131,708
apps for the Blackberry 10 OS.
Alec Saunders, Vice President for Developer
Relations announced at the BlackBerry Jam
conference in Hong Kong that Blackberry
World has over 130,000 BB10 apps just seven
months after the launch of the BB10 OS. He
added that the app count for Android and iOS was
at 17,500 and 2,908 apps respectively at a similar
stage in their life cycles.
He stated, that the company is adding more apps
for BB7 OS which remains the company's most
successful OS till date. Saunders said, that the
total number of applications for BlackBerry 10
and BlackBerry 7 stood at 256,668 apps
combined.
Alec Saunders added, that customers from 70
carriers across 46 countries will now be able to
use direct carrier billing for buying applications
and other content on BlackBerry World, including
in-app purchases. Saunders also revealed that
the company would be rolling out the BlackBerry
10.2 OS update soon.
BlackBerry has been struggling in the handset
industry and has reported a quarterly loss of
nearly $ 1 billion dollars. Revenue for the
company fell nearly 45 percent for a year to $1.6
billion and Blackberry's cash file fell by nearly
$500 million to $2.57 billion. The loss included a
writedown of nearly $934 million for unsold Z10
phones that was not received well by consumers
and businesses alike.