For September, Book-Related Apps Overtook Games On iPhone

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 1, 2009 @10:00PM from the fall's-good-contemplative-reading-weather dept.

ruphus13 writes "In a sign that ebooks are rising in popularity, a recent survey by mobile analytics company Flurry revealed that users may be using the iPhone for more intellectual pursuits, and not just the visual sizzle. The 'book-related' apps on the iPhone overtook games in terms of new apps released. According to the post, 'Book-related apps saw an upsurge in launches in September ... So much so that book-related applications overtook games in the App Store as a percentage of all released apps. The trend isn't an aberration. In October, one out of every five new applications launching on the iPhone was a book ... from August 2008 to the same month in 2009, more apps were released in the 'games' category than any other and, as a result, the iPhone (and iPod touch) became a new handheld gaming platform, one that impacted the Nintendo DS. '"

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Let me quote Steve Jobs ... by stasike · 2009-11-01 22:45 · Score: 2, Funny

People don't read anymore
http://www.google.com/search?q=quote+steve+jobs+people+don't+read+Anymore&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t
1. Re:Let me quote Steve Jobs ... by emm-tee · 2009-11-02 02:31 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  People
  tl;dr
  ;)
Re:No surprise there... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-11-01 22:52 · Score: 2, Funny

the truth is a high percentage of Apple users are fairly well-educated people
The truth is they pretend they are.
Re:No surprise there... by The+Leather+Duke · 2009-11-02 02:18 · Score: 2, Funny

"the evil version of Microsoft"
I thought the evil empire was Microsoft? Am I misinformed? Um, wait...
Provided evil is negative:
If Microsoft = Evil
and Apple = Microsoft * Evil
then Apple = Good
Oho! Ohohoho! You fanboi, you!