<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
an	O
application	O
distribution	O
service	O
(	O
app	O
marketplace	O
)	O
by	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
provided	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
users	O
with	O
an	O
environment	O
to	O
browse	O
,	O
download	O
,	O
and	O
update	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
including	O
third-party	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
went	O
live	O
on	O
,	O
originally	O
named	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
worked	O
with	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
devices	O
,	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
majority	O
of	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
OS	I-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
one	O
point	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
had	O
the	O
largest	O
revenue	O
per	O
app	O
at	O
$	O
9,166	O
.67	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
rivals	O
( $	O
6,562	O
.50	O
by	O
Nokia	B-Application
Ovi	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
$	O
6,480	O
.00	O
by	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
$	O
1,200	O
.00	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Android	I-Application
Market	I-Application
)	O
,	O
although	O
total	O
revenue	O
was	O
lower	O
than	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
devices	O
after	O
2015	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Priv	I-Application
)	O
no	O
longer	O
use	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
instead	O
,	O
which	O
utilise	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
store	I-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
servers	O
alongside	O
other	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
services	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
January	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Research	O
In	O
Motion	O
(	O
RIM	O
)	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Limited	O
)	O
launched	O
the	O
Mobile	O
Data	O
Service	O
to	O
enable	O
customers	O
to	O
access	O
Java-based	O
third-party	O
enterprise	O
applications	O
using	O
the	O
secure	O
real-time	O
push-based	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
21	O
October	O
2008	O
,	O
RIM	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Developer	O
Conference	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
open	O
an	O
application	O
store	O
for	O
their	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
RIM	O
officially	O
named	O
the	O
store	O
'	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
 '	O
(	O
previously	O
called	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Application	O
Storefront	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
would	O
not	O
initially	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
desktops	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
a	O
web-based	O
catalogue	O
would	O
be	O
accessible	O
from	O
non-BlackBerry	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Cellular	O
Telecommunications	O
and	O
Internet	O
Association	O
(	O
CTIA	O
)	O
trade	O
show	O
,	O
RIM	O
announced	O
that	O
App	B-Application
World	I-Application
had	O
gone	O
live	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
BlackBerry-sponsored	O
Wireless	O
Symposium	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
one	O
million	O
apps	O
were	O
being	O
downloaded	O
each	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
version	O
introduced	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
ID	O
;	O
a	O
single	O
sign	O
,	O
account	O
system	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
client	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
desktop	O
storefront	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
ID	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
2.0	O
also	O
introduced	O
direct	O
credit	O
card	O
billing	O
and	O
carrier	O
billing	O
for	O
AT&T	O
Wireless	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
2.1	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
rebranded	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
to	O
simpler	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
announced	O
an	O
official	O
relationship	O
with	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
which	O
includes	O
access	O
to	O
Amazon	B-Application
Appstore	B-Application
in	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
would	O
close	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
store	O
was	O
not	O
closed	O
,	O
and	O
continued	O
to	O
function	O
as	O
of	O
August	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
removed	O
payment	O
features	O
from	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
store	O
eventually	O
closed	O
in	O
January	O
2022	O
with	O
other	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
OS	I-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
16,000	O
apps	O
were	O
available	O
on	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
app	B-Application
store	I-Application
passed	O
60,000	O
apps	O
(	O
January	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
70,000	O
apps	O
(	O
February	O
2012	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Jam	O
in	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
RIM	O
announced	O
that	O
App	B-Application
World	I-Application
had	O
more	O
than	O
105,000	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Blackberry	B-Application
Live	O
Conference	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
over	O
120,000	O
apps	O
for	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
were	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
from	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	O
verification	O
was	O
done	O
for	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
apps	O
about	O
content	O
and	O
quality	O
before	O
is	O
agreed	O
to	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
available	O
in	O
170	O
markets	O
,	O
and	O
supporteds	O
23	O
currencies	O
and	O
33	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
available	O
in	O
171	O
countries	O
and	O
territories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
store	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
devices	O
that	O
are	O
updated	O
to	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
OS	I-Application
version	O
4.5.0	O
or	O
higher	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
initially	O
allowed	O
to	O
archive	O
their	O
apps	O
on	O
a	O
MicroSD	O
,	O
or	O
on	O
eMMC	O
storage	O
of	O
certain	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
smartphone	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
archive	O
to	O
external	O
memory	O
card	O
function	O
was	O
later	O
removed	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
App	B-Application
World	I-Application
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Research	O
In	O
Motion	O
(	O
RIM	O
)	O
announced	O
several	O
new	O
tools	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
applications	I-Application
developers	O
to	O
build	O
,	O
simulate	O
,	O
deploy	O
,	O
and	O
monetise	O
feature-rich	O
applications	O
on	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
platform	O
;	O
including	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Application	O
Development	O
Platform	O
,	O
the	O
next	O
generation	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Web	O
Application	O
Platform	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
WebWorks	I-Application
Platform	O
for	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook™	O
Tablet	O
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
smartphones	O
,	O
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Payment	O
Service	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Push	B-General_Concept
Service	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Advertising	O
Service	O
,	O
Location	O
Service	O
,	O
Maps	O
Services	O
,	O
Analytics	O
Service	O
,	O
Scoreloop	O
,	O
BBM	O
Social	O
Platform	O
Software	O
Developer	O
Kits	O
,	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
embraced	O
open	O
standards	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
libraries	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
including	O
:	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
OpenAL	B-Application
,	O
cocos2d-x	O
,	O
and	O
Box2D	B-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
repository	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
at	O
GitHub.com/blackberry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
open	O
ecosystem	O
helps	O
developers	O
target	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
through	O
partnerships	O
with	O
Appcelerator	B-Language
,	O
Apache	B-Protocol
Cordova	I-Protocol
,	O
dojo	O
,	O
jQuery	B-Language
Mobile	I-Language
,	O
Marmalade	O
,	O
NME	O
,	O
Qt	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Sencha	O
Touch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
has	O
changed	O
its	O
whole	O
direction	O
of	O
development	O
tools	O
,	O
mainly	O
embracing	O
their	O
C++	B-Language
/	O
Cascades	O
as	O
the	O
'	O
native	O
 '	O
road	O
to	O
develop	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
for	O
their	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTML5	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
the	O
almost-native	O
second	O
path	O
for	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
has	O
announced	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10.3.1	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
later	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
BlackBerry	O
10.3.1	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
possible	O
to	O
upload	O
new	O
Adobe	O
Air-based	O
apps	O
to	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
