Games lead iPhone app downloads, comScore reports. Nearly half of the the 25 most popular mobile apps are games. Among non-gaming applications, social networking applications: Facebook and MySpace Mobile also can be found. So far, at least, the iPhone, though used by business end users, does not seem to have broken out of its "consumer" appeal base.
Research in Motion's BlackBerry App World has not been in operation long enough to determine whether BlackBerry users behave differently, but at least initially, one suspects that social networking apps are among the top 10, whether that is Facebook or instant messaging clients. One perhaps notable difference is downloads of the Opera Mini browser, for perhaps-obvious reasons. BlackBerry users tend not to rave about the default BlackBerry browser.
http://ir.comscore.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=375787
Monday, April 13, 2009
iPhone, BlackBerry Downloads: Different Pattern?
Gary Kim was cited as a global "Power Mobile Influencer" by Forbes, ranked second in the world for coverage of the mobile business, and as a "top 10" telecom analyst. He is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top two percent.
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