Android: more applications than in the slopes of Apple's iOS

Inverter: a higher number of weekly applications designed Android operating system than to Apple's iOS 

More popular. Android's application storeNumber of application downloads from the Android operating system Google has recently undergone this iOS operating system of Apple. Market research firm ABI Research reports that transformation occurred in the second quarter of 2011. According to the data, 44% were mobile platforms downloads in Android, versus 31% in iOS. These figures reflect in part the increase in the number of units Android suites - 30% more in the second quarter of the previous year. On all 2.4 Android devices marketed to the world (on average) market iPhone / iPod / iPad one, and this figure is expected to increase to 3:1 by 2016. "Strategy of the Android Open Source is the source of success," explained Ocean Xiang, a researcher at ABI. "Being an open platform expanded the base of the Android and led to the growth and the growth of its app store '. However, Apple is still a leading figure lowers the average number of applications each user, with the figure of 2:1 in its favor. "Apple's policy attracts quality developers, and thus creates a catalog of applications and a better user experience," explained Dan gift from ABI. More company said that about 29 billion downloaded apps are expected to be during 2011, compared to 9 billion in 2010. These data are also reporting that Android's application store recently celebrated its application was submitted to the half million (However, it turns out that 37% of the apps removed from the store at some point, making the number of available applications significantly lower). Compared to 600,000 applications in the store equivalent of Apple. "Never-ending appetite of consumers for applications portability is expected to continue this year and get all over the world," said analyst Nick Dillon from Ovum. "Consumers will continue to use applications to add new features to their phones and to access various services when they are in motion."