The very insightful Stuart Dredge over at Mobile Entertainment has compiled an amazing primer on all of the numbers behind the app market (which you can also see by clicking the “Read More” link, although it’s not viewable on an iPad or iPhone). If you want to know anything about how many apps are rolling out of the store, how many apps are installed on the average device, or what kinds of apps those are, Dredge’s presentation will tell you. It’s a really excellent compilation of everything we know about the App Store and the app market at large thus far.
I don’t think anything here is new or really that surprising. We already know that Apple is, by far, leading the race on number of apps (both created and sold), and we’ve heard before that games tend to do very well on the marketplace in a number of demographics. The end of the report has some great numbers, too, on standout applications like Angry Birds and the eBay app.
Otherwise, it’s basically a big round-up of a lot of the stats that we’ve heard so far. But having them all in one place gives a nice overview of just how big this little software ecosystem has become.TUAWThe app market, by the numbers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments [From The app market, by the numbers]
August 22, 2010
The app market, by the numbers
August 16, 2010
August 9, 2010
Sherlock
Sherlock, the modern update of the Conan Doyle character, ended its short first season (three feature-length eps) on a cliffhanger last night. I’ll be watching when it returns.
August 6, 2010
Ballmer’s ‘lost generation’ note finds resonance
Bad, getting worse – for Windows At least one seasoned analyst agrees with Steve Ballmer’s admission Microsoft has “lost a generation” of users — but from this number-cruncher’s point of view, the situation is worse than Microsoft’s CEO concedes.… [From Ballmer’s ‘lost generation’ note finds resonance]
I have doubts about some of the numbers in this story but I did predict a couple of decades ago that UNIX would eventually win the platform wars and Mac OS X and Linux are both *NIX OSs. And modern Windows is a sort-of descendant of VMS 🙂
August 2, 2010
Uptime
Once I got the D-Link 323 NAS set up I didn’t need to reboot it anymore to change configurations so it’s just been sitting there under the TV serving away.
| System Up Time: | 26 days 11 hours 2 minutes |
July 23, 2010
Inception
Went to see Inception today. It was quite good but I must have missed something (I was a bit tired) as it seemed quite straightforward to me.
July 21, 2010
Apple Is the New Microsoft, Part 2
Apple surpassed Microsoft two months ago as the world’s most highly valued tech company, and is now challenging the Redmond giant on another key metric: In a blowout third quarter, AAPL posted record revenue of $15.7 billion, which should be close to or exceed what Microsoft reports Thursday. [From Apple Is the New Microsoft, Part 2]
That would be two out of three. How long until Apple overtakes Microsoft on profit too?
Later
Next quarter then 🙂
July 19, 2010
Misfits
Enjoying Misfits season 1 on Saturday. Missed it the first time round because I never heard of it. The DVD for the 2nd season is due out in December which means it will be on TV soon. Not long to wait after catching up with the first season.
July 16, 2010
I write like David Foster Wallace
Flattering if it were true 🙂
David Foster Wallace
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
July 14, 2010
Predators
Went to see Predators today. I found it a bit tedious which was disappointing. The digital projection was nice and sharp although it did make me think it was just like watching on a very big HD TV with a surround sound system. Which I have at home. And I can pause that to go to the toilet. And there is nobody chattering or texting on a cellphone or kicking the back of my chair.