Bragging Rights: Apple Responsible For 99.4% Of All App Downloads

I’m not a fan of infographics, but remember when I said the iPhone is where the apps are at? Whatever you think of Apple’s “walled garden,” it’s responsible for 99.4% of all app downloads between Android, RIM, Symbian, WebOS, and Windows Mobile. With 27.9% of American Marketshare, Apple owns the app market.

Another interesting statistic: 83% of cellphone owners use their phones to take pictures. I bring this up specifically as Apple is the ideally the most vocal about improving their camera technologies (we’re not saying Nokia isn’t in the game), and that Android manufacturers in particular should start focusing on a component whose megapixel count often doesn’t provide comparable performance to the iPhone 4.

I recommend checking out the full infographic over at The Next Web.

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