Archive for the ‘Research & Stats’ Category

AdMob Developer survey

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Earlyer today we wrote about AdMob’s new support for Flash Lite advertising. As their own survey shows, it is the least popular platform for mobile application developers now and in the next 6 months.

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Apps vs. Games Study

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a study from mPlayit, Android owners seem to be more interested in downloading applications then mobile games. Only 17% of the Android consumers are looking for games.

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Windows Marketplace and BlackBerry App World Most Expensive App Stores

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Distimo has released their January 2010 report and this time, they took a look at App Store pricing (amongst others). It turns out that Windows Mobile and BlackBerry have the most expensive app stores.

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App Stores State Of Play

February 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

During the Mobile World Congress, Distimo held a presentation named Mobile Application Stores

HandyGames Releases App Store Analysis

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

HandyGames has released new statistics from the App Store. Did you know Pop Cap Games has 100% of their games in the US Top 100? Pop Cap’s cheapest game is $2.99 and the French don’t rate much?

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iPad Causes iPhone Development Peak

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Flurry has calculated that the introduction of Apple’s iPad lead to an increase in iPhone OS development interest. The company has seen development activity triple in January.

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Nexus Sold 80K Units to Date

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

Flurry has calculated that Google/HTC has sold 80.000 Nexus One Phones. Last month we already reported 20.000 sales and to the looks of it, the device didn’t gain much traction a month later as well.

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Think Services: iPhone Dominates Over Wii Development

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

Think Services has interviewed 800 game developers in the US and found out that the iPhone was becoming more and more popular while many are considering to abandon Nintendo’s Wii.

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Juniper: One Million Ovi Maps Downloads a Somewhat Modest Achievement

February 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Nokia has released free navigation for their top smartphones with the release of Nokia Ovi Maps just over a week ago. Yesterday, Nokia announced to have generated one million downloads and Juniper’s Dr Windsor Holden took a closer look at the business.