Press release speaks for itself:

Merry Christmas Steve, from Everyone at GetJar Networks

LONDON, December 3, 2008: GetJar Networks, the world’s most popular mobile application distribution and developer community, today thanked everyone in Apple’s marketing department for helping to put mobile applications on the map.

Ilja Laurs, CEO of GetJar, said: “As a small private company we have been busy since 2005 putting mobile applications and games onto consumers’ phones. Since it is the season of goodwill we would like to show our appreciation of the work of Steve Jobs and everyone at Apple for communicating the value of mobile applications to a wider audience.

“At GetJar we have been building the world’s leading mobile applications development and distribution community since 2005 and currently host over 10,000 unique applications that are generating 18 million downloads a month around the world. As a small underground upstart, rapidly emerging as the non-iPhone alternative for mobile applications, we’ve seen a significant increase in mobile applications downloads on our site since Apple’s launch of its App Store this year. As awareness of mobile applications has grown in the popular press through the efforts of Apple’s marketing machine, consumers all over the world have increasingly started to say: ‘Cool! Where can I get this kind of stuff for my phone?’ For many, the answer has been GetJar.

“Mobile phone applications on GetJar are available for all the popular handsets people use every day — from makers like BlackBerry, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and many more. Consumers come to GetJar to download everything from location-based apps such as Google Maps, mobile browsers such as Opera Mini, and social networking apps such as Nimbuzz. With mobile phone shipments expected exceed 1.2 billion phones this year alone, the potential market for mobile applications is truly huge.

“So our holiday season message to consumers is this: don’t worry if you don’t have an iPhone – you can still get Facebook, Google Maps and great games on your phone! And to our friends at Apple: Merry Christmas, and keep up the good work!”