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Note: Apple's App Store is the biggest, but it's the only one of seven app stores that didn't post double-digit growth in 2011.
There are now one million apps for mobile devices available in the seven major app stores, though some of those are the same titles developed for different platforms. While Apple's App Store is the largest, it also posted the slowest growth. In fact, it was the only store not to at least double in size over the past year.
Distimo released its 2011 report on how the various marketplaces for smartphones and tablets shaped up. The app stores evaluated were: Amazon Appstore, Apple App Store for iPad, Apple App Store for iPhone, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, and Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.
The Windows Phone Marketplace grew the most, increasing over 400% in the...