According to a post from Engadget, Nokia may be planning to launch its new Ovi mobile application store with as many as 20,000 “items”.

I’m sure you’re wondering, as are we – why the hell did they say “items”?  Why didn’t they just say “20,000 apps”?  This decision was very likely made to pump up the numbers for launch.  Apple’s iPhone App Store currently has over 40,000 apps, so Nokia maybe be throwing out a big number so people believe that their store has a lot of developer support.  In actuality, an “item” could be a ringtone, a wallpaper graphic or a screen saver – not necessarily an application.

Though Nokia may not be launching the Ovi Store with 20,000 applications, they will very likely top Google’s launch of the Android Market.  Google introduced their application store with only 50 apps last October.

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