MySpace Applications Move Out of Beta

MySpace's hastily developed competition for Facebook applications is now ready for public consumption.

MySpace finally dumped the clutch and pinned the throttle open in the race to keep up with Facebook on Thursday, pushing its MySpace Application Gallery out of beta and into widespread public availability, where Facebook Apps have been since last year. Users now have access to over 1,000 applications, from quizzes and polls to video players and games.

The Application Gallery rollout has moved fairly quickly: MySpace opened the platform to developers on February 5, giving them a little more than a month to create test applications before opening a beta version of the Application Gallery on March 13, and now moving out of beta a month and a half later.

“MySpace was the original open platform, and the MySpace Application Gallery is the evolution of that vision, taking MySpace users around the world to the next level and empowering them to take control of their online presence in new and exciting ways,” said Chris DeWolfe, CEO and co-founder of MySpace, in a statement.

Users can immediately access the existing stable of applications by visiting the Application Gallery free of charge.