Back in the day before smartphones had phones in them and were generically called PDAs, usually Palm Pilot or Pocket PC, two of the places that you could pick up software for them were PocketGear and Handango .  Well, PDAs got a lot smarter, we now call them BlackBerrys, iPhones, and Android devices, and we usually buy software from the branded stores run by the manufacturer of our device. PocketGear and Handango are still around, and in an effort to get back into the mobile application game, PocketGear has acquired Handango creating the worlds largest cross platform, open app store. PocketGear’s App Store supports 2,000+ mobile devices and every major OS platform, connecting consumers in 175+ countries with 140,000+ paid and free titles Durham, NC — February 23, 2010 — PocketGear, Inc.

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PocketGear Acquires Handango Creating World’s Largest Cross Platform Mobile App Store