Archive for the ‘Research & Stats’ Category

Distimo: Android Leads in Free Apps

July 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Distimo launched a new report in which the company outlines the free (or freemium) mobile apps market. Android is a clear leader in the field with 57% of Android apps being free to download.

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R2G: Competitors Outgrow the App Store

May 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Research 2 Guidance has released an app store report which reveals that most of Apple’s competitors’ app/games channels grow much faster than the App Store over Q1 2010.

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iPhone Missing for US Top 5 Smartphones

May 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

Though the iPhone from Apple remains very popular, Comscore has calculated that the device didn’t get Apple into a top 5 position for the US smartphone market in Q1 2010.

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Comscore: Mobile Gamers Shift to Smartphones

April 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to ComScore’s latest study, thirteen percent of US based mobile gamers have started to trade in their featurephones for smartphones to boost their gaming experience.

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Ovi Stats Update

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Currently, Ovi is generating over 1.6 million downloads a day and the store is backed by developers from 80 countries. Nokia’s Ovi Store supports over 100 devices of which over 60 are Symbian based.

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MC10: Distimo: 1.600 Developers Publish on Multiple Channels

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

During their keynote at the Mobile Convention in Amsterdam, Vincent Hoogsteder took the stage to give the public some statistics and information on his company.

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Q1 Stats: Big Blue Bubble Best Publisher

April 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | 3 Comments »

In cooperation with iGameStats, MGB will be releasing a quarterly quality report for the App Store. In this edition, Big Blue Bubble turns out to be the best publisher and Plants vs. Zombies is the best game.

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Changewave: iPhone Most Popular OS in the US

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: WebOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Changewave has sent out a survey to over 4.000 consumers to ask them which phone they own and which smartphone platform they like to own next. Though Android support is growing fast, iPhone is still first.

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Nielsen: iTunes Best and Windows Marketplace Worst App Store

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Nielsen has surveyed 4.000 consumers about their usage of app stores. The survey shows that consumers are very satisfied about Apple, but are less happy with Microsoft’s efforts.