Showing posts with label Gartner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gartner. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Top 6 Leading Mobile App Development Platforms

There is no doubt that mobile has been changing the life of people by changing the way people do their work. But it is also true that without mobile apps mobile itself has no more use, it will be just like car without petrol. This is the age of apps and days are not away when it will be tough for people to survive without mobile apps. Demand of mobile applications is increasing day by day as number of mobile users are increasing. It has been predicted that by 2014, mobile internet users will overtake desktop internet (smartinsight.com).


Not only corporate professional but other segment of people are also becoming dependant on mobile phones for their regular work. The application which supports housewives with cooking new dishes, kids homework are very popular. In the recent survey, it has been bough to the attention that people prefer to use different devices during different time of the day. The prime usage of the mobile devices are prime post 9PM in the night.

Saturday, 5 October 2013

102 Billion Mobile App Downloads with $26 Billion Market in 2013: Says Gartner

Smartphones are successful because of the applications they offer to their consumers. People are buying smartphones so that they can use all those useful applications which can make their life easy. On September 19, 2013 Gartner Inc. (Technology Company) said that the number of applications both free and paid will soar to 102 billion by the end of 2013. 

It is surprising to see that, 2012 has seen the download of 64 billion apps. It is expected that this number will reach the sky-high of 269 billion in 2017. The revenue from mobile app will be $26 billion in 2013 with comparison to $18 billion last year. This is a very good amount considering that this sum is only coming from paid application and only 9% of the total application are paid.


Table 1. Mobile App Store Downloads, Worldwide, 2010-2016 (Millions of Downloads)

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Free Downloads
57,331
92,876
127,704
167,054
211,313
253,914
Paid-for Downloads
6,654
9,186
11,105
12,574
13,488
14,778
Total Downloads
63,985
102,062
138,809
179,628
224,801
268,692
Free Downloads %
89.6
91.0
92.0
93.0
94.0
94.5



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