Androlib unofficially has the Android Market surpassing 50,000 applications, quite a leap from the 38,000 figure Google used last week during its first-quarter earnings call. In fact, when we asked Google for an official figure, we were told:
“We’re sticking to 38,000 for now. We’ll announce when we do our next formal count.”
That said, 50,000 items in the Market is a real possibility, but let’s be honest here: How many of those “applications” are (a) actual “applications” and (b) something you’d actually want to download? We still think Steve Jobs is being overly childish when he tells people to go to Android if they want porn, but we still think there’s a lot about the Android Market that needs to be fixed.