October 27, 2008 — 10:02pm ET | By Jason Ankeny
Google’s Android Market hasn’t been open a full week, but already some application download patterns are suggesting how the OS will compare–and contrast–with Apple’s rival App Store. In its first 24 hours of business, Android Market (which went live in tandem with the commercial release of T-Mobile USA’s G1, the first Android-based device) offered consumers their choice of 62 applications, roughly 10 percent the number available when the App Store launched; according to data released by mobile ad firm Medialets, the average app tallied more than 7,800 downloads on the first day, with nine applications cracking the 10,000 download barrier. Among the nine, only three–Pac-Man, Brain Genius Deluxe and Bonsai Blast–are games, the largest single category of Android apps; price-comparison tool ShopSavvy (one of the 10 apps awarded $275,000 as part of Google’s Android Developer Challenge competition) led all downloads, followed by The Weather Channel and music discovery service Shazam.
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