Apple breathed new life into the mobile app market, which has since run off in numerous money-making directions, driven by increasingly capable devices, high-speed networks and happier developers, says a new report. In 2009, 30 new non-carrier app stores opened their doors.
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Mobile application downloads will increase from more than 7 billion
in 2009 to nearly 50 billion by 2012, while revenue from the mobile app
market will rocket from 2009s $4.1 billion to an expected $17.5
billion by 2012.
These are among the predictions of a March 17 research study from
Chetan…