PocketGear is one of the largest third party app store around, offering 140,000 free and paid apps for Android, BlackBerry, Java, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile devices. Most smartphone OS makers today have followed the Apple model and construct app stores right into their operating systems. PocketGear has picked up on the trend and gone to work.
Today they announced the name would be changed to Appia. The company is also going to move away from its roots as a consumer oriented destination and instead become a white-box solution, allowing third parties to develop their own branded app stores. According to reports, Appia already powers app stores for Samsung, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.
via TechCrunch