![]() What's more, the appearance of Angry Birds on Android Market post launch, and GetJar's claim its marketplace will soon be able to deliver 10 million downloads a day, suggests Rovio's Android release is likely to catch up with its iPhone cousin in quick time. Rovio reportedly also plans to release a paid version to complement the current free release rumoured to have been introduced to bypass payment system difficulties on Android in the near future. Passed 2 million downloads on Android." The real number still represents an impressive adoption rate, with the Android version having done around a tenth of the App Store's current total of 20 million (paid and free) in just a few days. Digging into downloads Revealed in typical fashion via Twitter, the developer simply commented, "Another day, another million. A few days on, Rovio now claims such an estimate was speculative, offering up the more conservative total of 2 million. Angry Birds Dream Blast, the fresh and vibrant bubble-blasting Angry Birds adventure from Rovio, is completely free but there are optional in-app purchases available. As such, early estimates from GetJar pegged Angry Birds' first day downloads potentiallly at somewhere around 7 million. Not only did developer Rovio decide to launch on free app store GetJar in favour of Android Market - also opting to serve up an advertising supported free app instead of the paid model it had plumped for on the App Store - but the sheer weight of interest in the game caused GetJar's website to crash, several times. ![]() It's fair to say everyone got especially excited following Angry Birds' launch on Android last week. ![]()
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