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Registered iOS Developer
Just in case you were wondering, Charles Buchwald & Friends is an officially Registered iOS Developer, a member of the Apple Developer Program, the iOS Developer Program, and a full member of Runtime Revolution’s LiveCode Developer Program. CB&F is currently developing iOS apps for commercial distribution, and has just published Easy Rider, the first and…
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$1M Hidden in Your Smartphone or Tablet
Forgotten Treasures, Ltd. has retained Charles Buchwald & Friends to adapt their The World’s Greatest Treasure Hunt books for use on smartphones and tablets. Ebooks are first up, targeted to debut before the end of the year. Following soon afterwards, smartphone and tablet app versions will supply new and exciting ways to participate in this…
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App Stats from Mobile Entertainment
According to Mobile Entertainment: The average paid iPhone app has sold 101,024 copies over a lifetime of 261 days US iPhone users download 60 apps a year 51% of iPhone owners have five or more games installed on their devices says Compete 37% of iPhone owners play games at least every day – puzzle games are…
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Smartphone Users: Well-heeled
BloomWorlds BloomBlog reports that the average smartphone user is considerably wealthier than the average adult. Smartphone users have an average household income of $66,000. In contrast, the average household income is $44,000, meaning smartphone users are on average 50% wealthier than the general population. Smartphone users are more than 2 times as likely as the average mobile subscriber to make more…
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Xyologic Offers App Insights
A variety of global app download reports are available here: http://xyo.com/app-downloads-reports Xyologic also provides estimates of downloads for individual apps, including per country, per platform, and other useful info. It’s particularly interesting to multiply downloads times price less Apple’s 30 percent commission to estimate total gross revenue for individual apps. Other interesting data points: downloads per country…
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Freemium Revenue Model on the Rise in App Store
iOS app developers who are looking to make big bucks on the App Store should consider using the in-app purchase model, according to a recently published study from Distimo. In-app purchases are a huge source of revenue, accounting for a whopping 72 percent of all App Store revenues. That number has increased drastically from July…
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Smartphone Sales Surpass PC Sales
Smartphone sales have surpassed PC sales, worldwide. According to PC Magazine, “vendors shipped 100.9 million smartphones during the fourth quarter, according to Monday data, while IDC logged 92.1 million PC shipments during the same time period, according to IDC numbers from January. Android is expected to consolidate the dominance they set in the market at the end of 2010,…
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Smartphone Use Exploding
Worldwide sales of smart phones are expected to reach a staggering 1.1BN in 2015, according to a recent report by Gartner. As early as the end of 2011 it is expected that smartphone sales will be 468 Million units, a 57.7% increase on last year. This growth should continue over the medium term culminating in 1.1 billion…
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1 in 10 Americans Owns an iPhone
… Of the 234 million Americans age 13 and older, 10.2 percent owned an iPhone during the third quarter, earning Apple the #4 ranking among the nation’s top device manufacturers. It’s the first time the iPhone zoomed past the ten percent milestone in comScore metrics. Apple between the June and September quarter grew its share…