Mobile phone users have been graduating to smartphones majorly because of the third party apps that come with it. However, how many users actually choose to go with paid apps? Is the gender of the user a factor while determining the number of paid apps that the user downloads? A recent study conducted by Data [...]

The Apple iPad is launching this week and the hype surrounding the device is huge. The initial estimates point out to a sale of close to 6 million units by the end of 2010 with growth forecast on the upward for the next few years. Considering that the third party application market is one of [...]

As you may have guessed, Apple App Store enjoys the lead when it comes to app store usage. However, when the application marketplace is taken overall to include those from carriers such as those from AT&T and Verizon, the difference is not much. Here is a study from Nielsen that looks into the usage based [...]

Distimo, a Netherlands based market research firm has released its latest report that looks into the prices of popular paid applications worldwide. One of the striking observations is that the most popular iPhone applications* are the most expensive in Europe whereas least expensive in North America and Asia. Here is the average price of popular [...]

The mobile application market is a mini-industry in itself with several thousand app developers now in the business of making and selling applications to mobile phone users across the several App Stores. So, how many mobile application stores exist as on date? A study by GetJar lists the growth of App Stores in the past [...]

Ever since the Apple App Store became a hit, hundreds and thousands of app developers have joined the ecosystem. But not all are core iPhone app developers. Some were into game development earlier and just opened up to the iPhone platform. A few others were J2ME and BREW app developers who started developing iPhone apps. [...]

The Apple App Store has come a long way since opening up for iPhone users in 2008. Since then, other marketplaces like Android’s have also been fast playing catch up and it comes as no doubt that smartphone app marketplace is one of the hottest areas in the coming years. A study by Research2Guidance notes [...]

AdMob’s recent study looks into the app purchasing habits of smartphone users. Apparently, around 1 paid app is downloaded per month on an average by smartphone users. So, how many smartphone users actually make the purchase. Here are the average percentage of users who download at least one paid app per month iPhone : 50% [...]

How many apps does an average smartphone user download per month? A study from AdMob reveals that just over 1 app is actually purchased while half a dozen apps are downloaded for free. It is not clear if the study classified in-app purchasing as under free or paid category since there is a significant population [...]

Cloud based mobile applications is a fledgling industry already set to take off – There are rumors of Apple introducing a cloud based iTunes and Google following suit with a competitor product. However, the major chunk of growth; nearly 75%, is expected to come from Enterprise customers. A recent report from Juniper estimated the total [...]