Year: 2010

News and entertainment smartphone apps are downloaded the most, but productivity smartphone applications generate the most revenues, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Productivity applications such as mapping, business and enterprise applications and phone tools and utilities generate 59% of all smartphone application revenue, according to the research group.

As the US military continues its search for the best battlefield smart phone, it’s looking more unlikely that the iPhone will be a contender, reports “Defense Systems” (http://macosg.me/2/e6). Apple’s proprietary technology and the price tag attached to implementing it across the Defense Department are the two biggest hurdles.

OnOne Software says that all of their commercially available Photoshop software plug-ins are compatible with the new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 and Apple Aperture 3 software.

According to new research by Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com), mobile applications (apps), both free and paid, have experienced exponential growth in recent years.

Pyramid Research is forecasting that this growth curve will continue through 2014, though the mobile apps market will evolve differently in different regions. A key driver of mobile app growth is the app store concept popularized by Apple and subsequently adopted by all the major mobile players, says Research and Markets. Key findings of their study include: