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The Opera Mobile Store is a platform-independent browser-based app store for mobile-phone owners and a digital application distribution platform used by more than 40,000 developers around the world,〔name="Nokia Store → Opera Mobile Store press-release"> 〕 owned and maintained by Opera Software ASA. Launched and powered by a third-party provider in March, 2011 the Opera Mobile Store was relaunched on a new platform, after acquisition of Handster,〔name="acquisition of Handster — Opera"> 〕 a mobile app store platform company, in January 2012. The service allows users to browse and download applications for over 7,500 different devices〔 on Android, Java, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, iOS, and Windows Mobile. The Opera Mobile Store delivers more than 1 million app downloads a day〔name="Update on Mobile App Stores"> 〕 and is accessible from any mobile phone via a visual bookmark with the OMS logo on Speed Dial or Start Page of Opera Mini or Opera Mobile browsers that run on more than 260 million devices worldwide. The store is also accessible from any other browser, including desktop versions, and on any operating system, from http://apps.opera.com/. The Opera Mobile Store then forwards the user to the country-specific store based on the location information provided by the mobile carrier or ISP. Over 86% applications for Android powered phones provided by the Opera Mobile Store are free of charge, others require payment. The average free-vs.-paid-apps ratio for all platforms is 70% and 30%, respectively. These applications are generally targeted on a particular category, including video games, business applications, social media apps, e-books, and others. ==History== On March 8, 2011, Opera Software announced the launch of Opera Mobile Store powered by third-party provider. On September 19, 2011 Opera Software acquired app store platform company Handster, which was the leading independent applications store for Android market at that time.〔name="Opera Mobile Store site"> 〕 Following the acquisition of Handster, Opera Software made a major overhaul since the Opera Mobile Store launch.〔name="Opera Mobile Store relaunch"> 〕 Opera Software announced a revamped Opera Mobile Store with improved distribution and monetization capabilities for developers, and better customization for white-label marketplaces at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 27, 2012. In July 2013, developers can now upload apps to both the Yandex Store and the Opera Mobile Store simultaneously, as a result of agreements between the two companies.〔(Yandex Courts Handset Makers, Carriers With New Android App Store And 3D Skins ). TechCrunch. Retrieved on 2013-11-21.〕 On November 18, 2014, Microsoft and Opera Software have signed an agreement to replace Nokia Store with the Opera Mobile Store as the default app store for Nokia feature phones, Symbian and Nokia X smartphones. The process of migrating customers from Nokia Store to Opera Mobile Store is expected to be complete in the first half of 2015, at which point Nokia Store will be closed.〔name="Nokia Store migration to Opera Mobile Store"> 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Opera Mobile Store」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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