• Read Write Web, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 2:31 PM

Despite reports that iPad mania was eating Android innovation alive, its "marketplace" saw 9,331 new mobile applications added to its app store during the month of March, according to new data from AndroidLib.com. The figure is particularly impressive when compared to historical growth numbers, notes ReadWriteWeb.

In December of last year, there were 3,807 new applications added to the Android app store. By January, 4,458 more were added. In February, 5,532 arrived. "If this trend continues, we could possibly see a month this year where the number of new applications tops 5 digits," adds ReadWriteWeb. For sure, since the launch of the Google Android Market in late 2008, the developer "ecosystem" surrounding the OS has seen rapid growth. Today, the number of Android applications has grown to 27,243 -- and there's no sign of its growth slowing.

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