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Flurry says books surpass game releases on iPhone in September
VentureBeat —
... Games have been the No. 1 app on Apple’s iPhone for a while. That was true every month from August 2008 to August 2009. But in September, books surpassed games as the No. 1 category of new apps for the first time, according to analytics firm Flurry. ...
Book apps overtake games on iPhone
textually.org —
According to Analytics firm Flurry, games apps were overtaken by book apps for the first time. The Telegraph reports.
In the last four months, book apps have exceeded the popularity of games apps with one out of every five new apps launching in October having been a book. ...
The iPhone: black and white and read all over
GMSV —
... ,” said Jobs. “Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don’t read anymore.” Well, even noted visionaries can have an off day. Not only is the e-book market taking off, but according to one analytics outfit , the biggest ...
Will Apple's rumored tablet kick-start e-readers?
TechBlog —
... . He was pooh-poohing Amazon's Kindle, which had just had its debut, and mused that even the best e-book reader wouldn't succeed because people's habits had changed. Hey, guess what, Steve? People are reading plenty of books, and they're apparently doing it on, um, your iPhone . According a survey from Flurry , which specializes in smartphone analytics, there were more book-related applications - including books themselves - released for the iPhone in September than games. But wait, there's more: In October, 1 in 5 apps released was a book. Flurry's Peter Farrago ...
iPhone Beating E-Readers at Their Own Game?
Fast Company - Technology —
... game. That's because there are tens of millions of the devices in use, and though Amazon calls the Kindle best-selling (and won't reveal the sales figures) it surely hasn't sold tens of millions of units--how many people do you know who have one, compared to iPhone-owning friends? It might also go a long way to explainging why Amazon has its own Kindle iPhone app. Maybe the future of e-books really does lie in Apple's hands, not Amazon's or Barnes and Nobles. [Via blog.Flurry, The New York Times]
And the Next Big Thing in Ebooks Is…iPhone (And a Friend)
Mashable! —
... According to mobile analytics company Flurry, there’s been a surge of ebook-related applications for the iPhone. Based on their research, which included sampling over 2,500 applications and 40 million consumers accross four mobile platforms, this category is so popular on the iPhone that it overtook even the extremely popular games category. ...
News Bits: iPhone to Take Over E-Book Market?
Contentinople: —
... iPhone apps surged, overtaking games as a percentage of all released apps. In fact, Malik says, in October, one out of every five iPhone apps launched were book-related. This mirrors growth of the games segment of iPhone apps, which from August 2008 to August 2009 led in terms of launches, turning the iPhone into a legitimate gaming platform and adversely affecting sales of the Nintento DS. So will the iPhone have similar consequences for the Amazon Kindle? According to Malik, mobile application analytics company Flurry says it will : In other news: TV network execs are ...
Study: iPhone to offer the Kindle ‘significant competition’
Macsimum News —
... According to a new study by Flurry, a mobile application analytics provider, one in every five books launched for the iPhone and iPod touch last month was a book. And Amazon should worry. ...
Report: iPhone E-Book Popularity Will Challenge Amazon, B&N
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... into the App Store at record rates," wrote Flurry in a Monday blog post . "Flurry first evaluated the iPhone as an eBook reader in its July Pulse where it looked at consumer demand for eBooks. In that report, we observed that during the month of August 1 percent of the entire U.S. population was already reading a book on the iPhone. Now, with books shipping in droves, we are seeing the supply-side explode." Amazon has long acknowledged the strength of iPhone as an e-reading platform. One of its first moves following the release of the Kindle 2 earlier this year was to ...
Shovelware: Developers Now Launch More E-Books Apps Than Games in Apple's App Store
ReadWriteWeb —
According to a new survey conducted by mobile analytics company Flurry, developers now launch more e-book apps than games in Apple's iTunes App Store. Games now represent 13% of the new releases while 20% of all the new apps in the App Store are e-books. One of the reasons for this is that it's quite easy for developers to release large numbers of e-books. Developers just have to switch out the text, rename the app and send it to Apple for approval.
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iPhone Ebooks: The New Fart Apps [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
A buzzy new report says that ebook iPhone apps are on the rise, and accounted for more new apps in October—nearly a fifth—than even games. It's unexpected and exciting, but what does it mean? Spam, is what. The data shows a clear rise in ebook apps over the last few months, such that they account for a staggering number of the new apps showing up in the store. It's true! Look at the chart! But here's the thing: this is purely a measure of how many new apps there are, not how well they're doing. But still, why such ...
iPhone Threatens Amazon Kindle
TechWeb —
... since the launch of the online store in July 2008. However, publishers have been releasing e-books to the Apple store at record rates, and in October, one in five new apps released to the store were e-books, according to Flurry, a mobile application research firm. Flurry estimated that in August, 1% of the entire U.S. population, or about 3 million people, was reading a book on the iPhone. "With books shipping in droves, we are seeing the supply-side explode," Flurry said in a research blog posted Sunday. Flurry says its findings indicate that the iPhone and iPod Touch ...
Can Dedicated e-Readers Compete With the iPhone?
TheAppleBlog —
... platform. According to a survey by San Francisco mobile tech analytics firm Flurry, one in five apps launched during the month of October on the App Store was a book. Book releases for the device are surpassing game sales now, and the gap is widening. ...
Can Dedicated e-Readers Compete With the iPhone? [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... platform. According to a survey by San Francisco mobile tech analytics firm Flurry, one in five apps launched during the month of October on the App Store was a book. Book releases for the device are surpassing game sales now, and the gap is widening. ...
iPhone as an eBook Reader Threatens Kindle, Says Report
Top iPhone News —
... Apple’s iPhone is quickly becoming the ebook reader of choice for many, and could steal market share from Amazon’s Kindle, according to a report from market research firm Flurry. ...
The iPhone's China Syndrome
E-Commerce Times —
... App Store and the iPhone will gain credibility as more enterprises pick up iPhone apps, opening up another new market for Apple. "We have found that our iPhone-using enterprise customers are more interested in applications beyond email than our customers who use other smartphones," Pressman said. Killing Off Kindle? Meanwhile, as has been widely expected, more and more iPhone owners are using the devices as e-readers, according to research by Flurry . Flurry offers analytics, deployment and monetization tools for mobile app developers. In September, apps categorized as ...
