JavaFX App Store dictionary

30 % comission. Official stores collect a 30% commision from the sellers on its stores.

Android Market (Google) Available in some countries.

App Store. Note that the term App Store is not entirely correct because some stores sell also content (ringtones, movies, music), games,... Anyway, the term has stuck and is any good as any other.

App World (RIM Blackberry)

Bulk applications. Also Known as the dirty little secret of Apple Store. iTunes has 65.000 apps on sale, but most of they are little variations of the same application written by the same publisher. Template-based apps makes you wonder how real the 65.000 number is.

Ecosystem. Many journalist see App Stores not like an integration of some hardware, developers plus consumers. For them, an App store is just a manifestation of a complete ecosystem and a thriving developer platform.

Ericsson App Store. By August its customers will be able to personalize their phones with a range of downloadable utilities, tools, and games over multiple platforms. Dont expect to find Sony (a partner of Ericcson) here.

iTunes App Store. Dubbed the last greatest capitalism experiment. Has been a terrific success. More than 500m applications, from games to interactive travel guides, have been downloaded in just a year.

Java Store. From Sun-Oracle.

mStore From Movistar. Just one of the worst user interface of the whole cyberspace.

Orange Application Store. It is already available for selected handsets in France, official release will happen before the year is over in France first, followed by the UK.

Ovi Store. From Nokia.

Oracle Store. Custormers can purchase Oracle VM Support, Oracle VM media packs, and Oracle Enterprise Linux support services media packs.

Plaza Retail Store. This is the Qualcom store.

Race to the bottom. Apps in the Stores have to compete with lower prices in order to try to boost their exposure on the rankings. Critics of this system have argued that this encorauges a "$0.99" economy which will prevent companies from investing in higher quality titles.

Rogue App Store. Online App Store not authorized by the official store. The most famous rogue App Store is Cydia Store that sells hundreds of iPhone applications not available at the Apple official store. Cydia was created by Jay Freeman (a.k.a. Saurik), a 27-year-old computer science doctoral student in Santa Barbara, California. Cydia Store users pay through Amazon Payments.

Vodafone App Store. Just announced.

Windows MarketPlace. (Microsoft)