GetJar Facebook App Downloads Exceed 50M

GetJar, the second largest mobile apps store, has seen their Facebook-shortcut app garner over 50M downloads in just six months. The online store, which caters to over 200 countries and supports 1700+ handsets, is apparently second only to Apple’s App Store on iTunes.

The GetJar app in question gives users a one-click MSS (Mobile Site Shortcut) link to Facebook’s mobile site on their handsets, so it’s not a full client like the iPhone app. While it may not seem like a big deal, given this is merely a shortcut icon to Facebook via a smartphone’s native Web browser, GetJar is still supposedly commanding roughly half of Facebook’s mobile market.

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