Books now one of every five new iPhone apps

tomsem · 11-04-2009, 02:02 PM

http://blog.flurry.com/bid/27796/Flu...e-October-2009

"The sharp rise in eBook activity on the iPhone indicates that Apple is positioned take market share from the Amazon Kindle as it did from the Nintendo DS. Despite the smaller form factor of the display, we predict that the iPhone will be a significant player in the book category of the Media & Entertainment space. Further, with Apple working on a larger tablet form factor, running on the iPhone OS, we believe Jeff Bezos and team will face significant competition."

CleverClothe · 11-04-2009, 03:07 PM

Huh? NDS hasn't dropped in sales...

Oh that's right, this is Apple land we are talking about.

pagansoul · 11-04-2009, 03:11 PM

I read, don't remember where, that all the console game devices dropped this quarter. PSP, NDS, XBox, PS2, even Wii.

poohbear_nc · 11-04-2009, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

http://blog.flurry.com/bid/27796/Flu...e-October-2009

"The sharp rise in eBook activity on the iPhone indicates that Apple is positioned take market share from the Amazon Kindle as it did from the Nintendo DS. Despite the smaller form factor of the display, we predict that the iPhone will be a significant player in the book category of the Media & Entertainment space. Further, with Apple working on a larger tablet form factor, running on the iPhone OS, we believe Jeff Bezos and team will face significant competition."

But the iPhone already has the Kindle app. How is this taking market share from Amazon if Apple producet run Amazon Kindle apps?

fugazied · 11-04-2009, 06:15 PM

The iPhone isn't so good at gaming that it would be tearing away market share from true gaming platforms. Any serious gamer knows the DS is a far better dedicated system.

There is so much market share being gained in the ebook sector, I'm not sure Apple is taking Amazon market share, every device will see massive gains for a while yet. Many people read on multiple devices as well lets not forget. So they read on their iPhone in addition to laptop, Kindle, Sony and so on.

tomsem · 11-04-2009, 10:36 PM

Note that this is 20% of applications listed in the App Store, not 20% of sales. So it is impossible to interpret what this means in terms of 'ebook sector' sales.

11-04-2009, 02:02 PM	#1
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,899 Karma: 27013865 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Books now one of every five new iPhone apps http://blog.flurry.com/bid/27796/Flu...e-October-2009 "The sharp rise in eBook activity on the iPhone indicates that Apple is positioned take market share from the Amazon Kindle as it did from the Nintendo DS. Despite the smaller form factor of the display, we predict that the iPhone will be a significant player in the book category of the Media & Entertainment space. Further, with Apple working on a larger tablet form factor, running on the iPhone OS, we believe Jeff Bezos and team will face significant competition."

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11-04-2009, 03:07 PM	#2
CleverClothe Guru Posts: 618 Karma: 493394 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Device: iRex iLiad, Onyx Boox 60	Huh? NDS hasn't dropped in sales... Oh that's right, this is Apple land we are talking about.

11-04-2009, 03:11 PM	#3
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	I read, don't remember where, that all the console game devices dropped this quarter. PSP, NDS, XBox, PS2, even Wii.

11-04-2009, 06:15 PM	#5
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	The iPhone isn't so good at gaming that it would be tearing away market share from true gaming platforms. Any serious gamer knows the DS is a far better dedicated system. There is so much market share being gained in the ebook sector, I'm not sure Apple is taking Amazon market share, every device will see massive gains for a while yet. Many people read on multiple devices as well lets not forget. So they read on their iPhone in addition to laptop, Kindle, Sony and so on.

11-04-2009, 10:36 PM	#6
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,899 Karma: 27013865 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Note that this is 20% of applications listed in the App Store, not 20% of sales. So it is impossible to interpret what this means in terms of 'ebook sector' sales.

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