The world may not be growing physically but technically it is enhancing tremendously, courtesy the massive number of inventions and technologies on exhibit. Human consumption of new tech-gadgets has increased like never before and with Apple announcing to reach the “25 billion apps download” milestone, man seems more like an app-eater rather than consumer.
To fulfill this apps-appetite the smartphone application designers and developers are always on the go, carrying out new innovations in apps industry. A close analysis of acquired data reveals that there are several apps being downloaded per minute, even second. With this rate it wouldn’t take long for Apple to reach “25 billion apps download” milestone. The company says on its counter page, “As of today, nearly 25 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide. Download the 25 billionth app, and you could win a US$10,000 App Store Gift Card.”
The race is on full swing and probably by the time you get to read this, it would be finished with a winner taking away $10,000. What will remain is the vast market of application design industry where at one side you have a never ending clientele while on the other hand you find a huge number of app designers and developers fulfilling the demands of customers. The market is growing enormously, as in case of Apple the company has added 15 billion apps to its count at this time last year. In Jan 2011 Apple hit 10 billion downloaded apps, PC Magazine reported.
A recent report published by Holzer & Ondrust in Switzerland states there are many new opportunities for apps designers to develop, distribute, and generate significant revenues with the emerging mobile application portals. The PC Magazine article also identified the 10 billion app downloads in Google’s Android market by the end of 2011. It will be pertinent to mention that users are currently downloading approximately one billion apps a month, giving you a clear picture of the immense scope in apps designing and developing industry.
Experts believe that mobile/smartphone is the biggest war platform ever, and with the rise in social media usage on it the scenario is all set for developers to conquer. "The count of mobile-connected gadgets will outdo the number of people on planet earth by the end of 2012, and by 2016 there will be 1.4 mobile devices per capita," a recent Cisco forecast said.
In this ever-changing world you cannot stick to one thing and feel secure, you have to excel and you must. You need to excel in accordance to the prevailing trends in market, if you fail to transform things will not get going for you. Switching to creative and unique smartphone apps is more like a necessity, either to enhance you business venture or to stay updated and connected 24/7. Apple is about to, and definitely will, reach the 25 billion apps download milestone, but are you concerned of you own standing in this fast moving world.
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