Moconews just ran a a brief story about how most of the branded iPad apps are free but then Techcrunch posted simultaneously that 80% percent of iPad apps now available are paid (2523 apps total). I think that most brands are just waiting to see how this paid app thing works out for WSJ…
via Moconews
That’s 2/3 of the global population – roughly 4.6 billion people. In 2002 it was 1 billion. The penetration in developing parts of the world is as high at 57% – no wonder Google and MS keep going on and on about how they’re no longer focusing on the desktop.
I was pretty impressed with the video demo for the new SkyFire browser but it’s only available for Nokia and WinMo though supposedly they’ll soon support Blackberry. I’m looking for a way to test drive it though since I’m always suspicious of a full PC experience via mobile in terms of speed and usability. This [...]
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