GetJar bans Opera Mini on Apps Store for T&C violations
GetJar, an independent App Store has announced that it has banned one of the biggest selling apps from its platform.
Opera Software had used GetJar to promote its mobile web browsers, but broke GetJar’s terms and conditions after it recently launched its own Apps Store in competition to GetJar.
The Opera Mini browser had racked up more the 30 million downloads on Getjar over the last several years and was one of the most popular apps in the browser category.
In a statement, the company confirmed that Opera had been banned for T&C violations. It later confirmed the reasons in a letter that was sent to its apps developers.
Patrick Mork, CMO GetJar confirmed that the simple problem is that Opera mini decided to include a competing app store in its browser.
He added that although they don’t have any issue with this in principle, in practice it means that consumers might start using this app store instead of visiting GetJar to get their favorites apps. This robs GetJar of traffic and therefore, of the advertising necessary to keep their service free for the more than 25 million consumers that use GetJar.
Virgin Mobile India inks deal with GetJar to offer apps catalogue to consumers
Virgin Mobile India has joined hands with GetJar, an independent mobile phone application store , to provide applications from GetJar’s App Catalogue Express.
Through the deal, Virgin Mobile customers will have the access to applications varying from games, social networking, entertainment, food, health, lifestyle and other helpful applications.
Applications like Yahoo, Nimbuzz, Opera Mini Browser and such applications can now be downloaded in all major handsets, like Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Java and Symbian phones.
Virgin Mobile subscribers can visit m.virginin.getjar.com to get GetJar’s applications. This link is presently available on Virgin Mobile India’s WAP portal on GSM platform in sixteen circles, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Chennai, Kerala, Orissa, Mumbai and Maharashtra, Kolkata and West Bengal, Haryana, Bihar, MP&CG, Punjab, UP (E) and UP (W).
Virgin Mobile India users can download all applications free of cost. Only the data browsing charges of INR 0.01 per kb will be charged.
