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Mobile applications keep growing like crazy. According to the latest research from In-Stat, this market is expected to reach nearly 48 billion downloads in 2015, driven by the increased smartphone penetration.
Touchscreen devices will continue to dominate the landscape with nearly 90% of smartphones shipped in 2011, and will increase to nearly 100% in the next several years. Furthermore, smartphones are expected to increase from 23% of total phone shipments in 2010 to 45% in 2015.
When it comes to number of apps per platform, Apple’s App Store is leading the way with 350,000 apps while Android Market reached 80,000 apps (note: some reports say it surpassed 100,000 apps). Unsurprisingly, Apple and Android users are significantly more likely than BlackBerry users to have downloaded mobile applications.
Finally, In-Stat points out that smartphone applications are not only about 3G with almost half of survey respondents report downloading applications over Wi-Fi…
As usual, you can get additional details about In-Stat’s report from their website.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
