• Apple versus Android? It’s a tie!

    02 May 2013
    The battle between Apple iOS and Android sometimes looks more like a religious battle between the fans of both platforms than an objective look of what’s really going on. The people who use both platforms and smartphones know better. Both have their advantages and disadvantages.
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  • Infographic mobile 2013

    01 May 2013
    Sometimes one infographic says it all. Newrelic surprised us with a crystal clear overview of the mobile market in 2013. It shows the rapid growth of mobile, but also the important challenges. Did you know for example that more Android devices are activated on a daily basis than babies are born worldwide? Or that 60% of all apps in the Apple Appstore never get one single download?
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  • iOS6 on 79% iPhones

    18 April 2013
    Apple does not supply developers with a lot of data about the software versions on users smartphones. Google Android does a better job for that kind of information. That’s why we commissioned a study to Multiscope to learn which software version iPhone users have on their phone. In March, six months after the introduction of iOS6, 79% uses iOS 6.0 version or above.
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  • Apps dominate the mobile web

    09 April 2013
    US consumers spend 2 hours and 38 minutes per day on their smartphones and tablets. Apps are more popular than mobile websites. Consumers spend 80% of their time in apps and 20% on the mobile web.
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  • App revenue grows fast

    04 March 2013
    Nearly five years after Apple launched the first appstore, the worldwide revenue for apps is expected to grow with 62% to 25 billion dollars this year. Both the Apple appstore and Google Play now offer more than 700,000 apps each. In early 2010, the Apple appstore offered around 140,000 apps. The Wall Street journal has a nice background article about apps in which it quotes from a Gartner research and some other sources.
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