Articles tagged with: Itunes and App Store

Survey Finds: 17% of Shoppers Spent Over $100 on Mobile Apps in 2008

A survey of 235 US smartphone users who installed applications on their devices in 2008, conducted by ABI Research in November, reveals that a surprising 16.5% spent between $100 and $499. That level of spending is especially significant given the low cost of most mobile applications, ranging from as little as a dollar or two at Apple's iPhone App Store, to at most about $25.  more

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Apple Poised to Take 40% of the Smartphone Market

Analysis carried out by Generator Research claims that Apple's embryonic mobile business could knock Nokia from the top spot in the smartphone market, and transform the mobile services market.  more

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Vodafone says Apple will meet it part way over branded iPhone apps

Independent analyst comment - Tony Cripps, senior analyst at Ovum  more

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Apple iPhone's Halo Effect Yet to Reach Software Developers

SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Sliding software prices have damped the halo effect many music and software companies expected from selling their products through Apple's iPhone software store.  more

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