macrumors.com - 12/29/2008
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Apple's new iPod Touch appears to have been a huge hit this holiday season with evidence that the high end iPod has seen massive gains in marketshare.
The first impact was seen in early sales numbers for App Store applications on Ch...
macrumors.com - 12/24/2008
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macrumors.com —
Apple's broadening of App Store acceptances has opened
the door to a number of new novelty applications...
including InfoMedia's iFart Mobile [App Store]. The $0.99 humor application has rapidly seen success and has rocketed up to the #1 App Sales slot...
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iPhone App Store Sales for #1 Spot Revealed
148apps.com - 12/29/2008
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148apps.com —
Correction: the app Chopper was on sale during
the holidays, and continues to be on sale. The...
app is regularly priced at $4.99 but is on sale for $0.99. Sales figures updated below. Many developers are seeing their iTunes sales reports for the first ...
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App Developers See 2-4x Sales Boost on Christmas - News ...
product-reviews.net - 12/26/2008
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product-reviews.net —
Stores in the U.S. are hoping that the
day after Christmas sales will help to increase sales...
for the end of the year. Retailers are dubbing December 26, Black Friday 2, and will be offering up huge discounts and deals on their merchandise. Among the retailers that hope to be able to get ...
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Black Friday 2: December 26 after Christmas Sales
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IPod Touch Was This Year's Favorite Stocking Filler
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... netted its developer $25,000 on Christmas Day alone, and other developers report similar numbers.
That's great news all round, but the real eye-opener is that, whereas before everybody carried a music player in their pocket, soon everyone will have a computer in their pockets. Apple might just have reinvented the UMPC without anybody noticing.
App Developers See 2-4x Sales Boost on Christmas [148 Apps. Thanks, Johnny CA!]
Graph [Market Share via Mac Rumors]
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Apple’s App Store sees big iPod Touch downloads this Christmas
CrunchGear —
... The boost in sales "appears to be from a large influx of iPod Touch users," according to MacRumors.com, who noted that it would have been much easier to give an iPod Touch as a Christmas gift versus an iPhone, which would have to be activated and whatnot. ...
iPod touch is Apple’s Christmas winner; AppStore sales up 4x
SlashGear —
... dramatically over Christmas, with some publishers reporting sales increases of as much as 3x and 4x. The downloads were predominantly from the US and Canada.
The news has been explained by some as a result of the iPod touch being more readily “gifted” compared to the iPhone 3G. The former can simply be bought, whereas the latter requires a contract (at least outside of regions such as the UK where pre-pay iPhone 3G’s are available).
[via MacRumors] ...
Daily Tech: The Hottest iPhone Apps of 2008
GeekSugar —
... full list to find out. — Gizmodo
Did you know that your phone carrier is ripping you off when you send text messages? — Switched
You can pick up an iPhone 3G for $99 these days. It'll just be refurbished and from AT&T. — Engadget
The latest firmware download for the BlackBerry Storm has been leaked, and it actually fixes some bugs. — CrunchGear
On Christmas day alone, Apple's App Store saw a tripling of sales, with game developers cashing in. — MacRumors ...
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