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Apple App Store Tops 250,000 Apps

31 Aug 2010 in Industry News, Of Interest

According to iPhone news site, 148Apps.biz,  the number of active apps on Apple’s App Store now sits at over 250,000; a figure which has been reached in just over two years. Of these quarter of a million apps, the most popular category is the Books section with over 43,000 apps. The Top Ten most popular [...]

HarperCollins Releases Apps for Children

25 Aug 2010 in Industry News, Of Interest

In a world where digital increasingly encroaches on the print industry, it is essential that publishing houses begin to harvest the benefits that technology can yield. With the above in mind, it’s great to see a house-hold brand such as HarperCollins release a range of iPhone and iPad apps; even more uplifting to see that [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab Teaser Video

25 Aug 2010 in Mobile - Cross Platform

The long awaited Samsung Galaxy Tab is etching ever closer to being released with just over a week to go until the IFA kicks off in Berlin. In anticipation of the IFA, Samsung have released a teaser highlighting the tablets main selling points. The video confirms that the 7″ device will run Android 2.2 and [...]

Presentation: Useful App Statistics

24 Aug 2010 in Stats and Demographics

We love all things app related and we also love stats – so a presentation detailing cross device app stores is like Christmas coming early! Stuart Dredge of Mobile Entertainment has composed an informative presentation highlighting the statistics behind the leading app stores including the Apple App Store, the Android Marketplace and Nokia’s Ovi Store, [...]

Android Tablets Looking to take a bite out of Apple

23 Aug 2010 in Tablet - Cross Platform

The iPad has taken the tablet world by storm with over 3 million units sold in the first 80 days. The device is by no means without its competitors however, each looking to take a share of the tablet industry valued to be worth more than $2 billion by 2012. Tablets that run on the [...]

Smartphone App Market Set to be Worth $15 billion by 2013

21 Aug 2010 in Mobile - Cross Platform

Research released by Research2guidance, a Berlin based research organisation specialising in the mobile sphere, has forecasted that the worldwide smartphone app market will reach $15 billion by 2013. The research also indicates that the smartphone app market has already reached $2.2 billion in the first six months of this year. This compares to market revenue [...]

Smartphone App Market Set to be Worth $15 billion by 2013

20 Aug 2010 in Stats and Demographics

Research released by Research2guidance, a Berlin based research organisation specialising in the mobile sphere, has forecasted that the worldwide smartphone app market will reach $15 billion by 2013. The research also indicates that the smartphone app market has already reached $2.2 billion in the first six months of this year. This compares to market revenue [...]

Artists Using iPad and iPhone to Impress

17 Aug 2010 in Industry News, Of Interest

Over the last couple of months we have seen a number of artists using the iPad and iPhone to create amazing pieces of art. Below are a few of our favourites. Kyle Lambert – iPad Artist We first saw Kyle’s work in an article by Geeky Gadgets on his Beyonce iPad sketch and were blown [...]

Android App Store to be powered by PayPal?

16 Aug 2010 in Industry News, Of Interest

Android users could soon be buying apps from the Android Market using PayPal as talks between the online payment company and Google get underway. Bloomberg, who first broke the news late Friday, reported that PayPal could be integrated with Android OS soon to provide Android app buyers an alternative form of payment. To date Android [...]

Android Hits 3rd Worldwide: Gartner

12 Aug 2010 in Mobile - Cross Platform

A report released by Gartner examining quarterly mobile device sales has found that sales of mobile devices have increased by 14% compared to the same period in 2009. The report also found that smartphone sales now account for 19% of total worldwide device sales with figures standing at 61.6 million in Q2 of 2010 compared [...]