| The LG application store was launched three months | | | | developers to building these apps for LG which will |
| back in July of 2009. In the three months since it has | | | | give a thrust to the entire ecosystem. |
| come into existence, it has risen to a significant level | | | | Today, the LG mobile applications come in a huge |
| thanks to the app developers who have been | | | | array of categories. A good 312 apps are utilities for |
| cashing in on the population using LG smartphones as | | | | the LG mobile phone users. Another 246 LG apps are |
| well as mobile phone users who see LG as a | | | | game based apps. Apart from this, there are also a |
| competent rival to the other bigger names in the | | | | good number of apps in categories such as |
| industry like the iPhone, Blackberry and Android | | | | entertainment, travel, navigation, education, finance, |
| handsets. | | | | lifestyle, productivity, travel, healthcare and education |
| Since July, when the app store was only available in | | | | related. |
| Singapore and Australia, the LG app store is now | | | | A very high percentage of the LG mobile applications |
| available in 15 different countries. Compared to the | | | | are paid apps. The average number of free apps on |
| iPhone app store which has close to 85,000 apps, the | | | | the LG phones in any category is only around 5% to |
| number of applications for LG is comparatively smaller | | | | 10%.LG users looking to download apps may do so |
| - at only 1295. However, they are seeing massive | | | | from the LG Application store of their respective |
| uptakes among the users which should only get more | | | | countries. |