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And the most successful market for the iPhone based on the Gartner numbers, is, um, France, where the company has gained over 10% of the market, at the expense of Nokia and Sony. “France is now the most successful market in the world on a relative basis,” says McCourt. link: France Now iPhone’s Most Successful [...]

An upswing in the market share of “smart” devices, along with an increase in application focus from OEMs, OS developers and mobile network operators will drive yearly app revenues from US$1.94 billion (2009) to US$15.65 billion in only four years, according to our most recent research findings. The application market’s growth is driven by the [...]

AppleInsider | Microsoft Pink-Zune details emerge alongside Windows Phone 7 Dilger in fine form today ripping Microsoft a new one. The collapse of its Windows Mobile Marketplace has now caused Microsoft to radically reword its mobile app strategy going forward in such a way as to vilify the entire concept of apps. At the launch [...]

Charlie Kindel on Windows Phone Development : Different Means Better with the new Windows Phone Developer Experience There’s zero backwards compatibility with Windows Phone 6.5 applications. It’s still based on Windows CE underneath (version 6 in this case) Developers are going to need to re-code their apps. So what will they code it in? So [...]

A survey of nearly 3,200 consumers by ChangeWave Research finds that 40% of people planning to buy an e-reader in the next 90 days expect to get Apple’s iPad. The current leader, Amazon.com’s (AMZN) Kindle, came in second at 28%. link: E-Reader Buyers Coveting iPad Over The Kindle – Investors.com This should be put together [...]