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Reality Bites: Over Hype iTunes App Store: 100k Apps, But Only 20% Are Being Used

BizAbh [PersonRank 10]

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
14 years ago2,368 views

"Apple today announced that the iTunes App Store now features over 100,000 applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. App Store users have downloaded over 2 billion applications. While Apple is obviously celebrating this as a success of its developer program, AppsFire reminds us that only a very small number of these apps are hits. According to AppsFire, the majority of apps sits in the App Store's long tail, where 80% of the apps barely see any active installs.

According to AppsFire's data, only a small number of apps are installed on over 50% of iPhones and iPods. These are the usual suspects like the Facebook app or Shazam. The long tail, however, is very long. AppsFire's data shows that only 20,000 of the apps in the store are actually being used. The #1000 app was installed on less than 2% of all phones and iPods and there are still 99,000 apps with fewer active installs in the store."

Source: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/apples_app_store_100k_apps_few_hits.php

   i dont understand why people buy this Low tech Fashion Phone!!!
   i think iPhone is for IDiots .

Samsung Jet or Galaxy , Motorola Droid , Sony' XPERIA X10 , Nokia N900 is far more superior

ok now Apple Fanboys attack on me :P

BizAbh [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

also check the CNET UK's article about the iPhone http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49303754,00.htm?s_cid=96

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