Apple App Store Hits 25 Billion Downloads

This is so remarkable since

1.      there are only 7 billion people on the planet

2.      Apps have only been around a few years

3.      there are 600,000 apps now in the App store

4.      already Apple has paid App developers $4 billion in commissions

According to Pew Internet report, of adults with a cell phone, more have a smart phone than a regular phone.  That number was only 35% just a year ago !!!  It is a landslide unparalleled in the consumer products business.

If you are counting, Apple has sold 410 million mobile devices.  And if you divide the downloads in the headline by the number of devices, you get 61 Apps per device.  I only have 30 or so, so I am behind the curve. 

One reason for this App explosion is one I quickly discovered.  Many Apps are faster and easier to use than the corresponding websites.  And are, well, better designed.

Source for this BLOG – May issue of PCWORLD magazine.  If you don’t subscribe, it is a bargain at about $10 a year (see Amazon magazine department, a great way to buy and manage paper subscriptions --- if you are careful).