Mobile App Industry: Growing Since Day One
It has been quite sometime since the launch of the Apple App store and with the launch of a dedicated online application source for iPhone users, the mobile industry saw an unprecedented growth for the need for apps not seen in the webOS or the BlackBerry OS.
According to research, the mobile app industry will surpass sales of music CDs by 2012. Currently, apps are already one of the biggest digital commodities on the market.
Factors contributing to the growth of apps are based mostly with the growing demands of smart phone users –and their growing numbers as well. With each passing year, manufacturers focus more and more on smart phone devices over basic handsets. This alone increases the number of smart phone users as people do eventually change and upgrade their mobile phones.
People turn to apps in order to get many functions not pre-installed in the mobile platform. These functions, despite being useful, often tend to be specialized and would be a waste of resources if they were installed by default on a device. Thus, the need for being able to choose which apps you have on a smart phone was born. Depending on a user’s interests and occupations, some apps tend to be more valuable than others.
The mobile game industry is also another reason why apps stores are selling so much. Games, despite being the counter-productive time wasters that they are, are also extremely fun to play and are outright addictive. In general, games will help players pass by long waiting hours while being entertained –and anything that will help you escape from boredom is a very valuable commodity. Also, with smart phones becoming more and more advanced in terms of hardware, game developers are starting to make better game apps.
Find out more about the mobile app industry at the Guardian UK.
