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For September, Book-Related Apps Overtook Games On iPhone

Posted by timothy on 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. '"

3 of 96 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No surprise there... by intheshelter · · Score: 1, Troll

    The TRUTH is exactly what the original poster said, it's actually been studied. The other truth is that you must be somewhat threatened by them.

  2. Re:No surprise there... by mweather · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hundreds of quality games, and tens of thousands of crappy ones. Good luck finding the good ones, and BTW, no refunds.

  3. Not surprising by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mobile games are shit. Books on mobiles isn't so bad so e-books will definitely over take one of the shittiest forms of gaming.