As popularity grows, some predict app store chaos is on the way
With the sales of smartphones multiplying – especially in the U.S. – mobile app stores will serve a true mass market in just a few years.
According to In-Stat, sales of smarrphones with a clear app-store focus will reach 100 million units in five years – or about 30 percent of the global smartphone market.
That could quadruple the number of app store users.
Today the most active store is run by Apple for users of its iPhone. But Research in Motion, Palm and Microsoft and others are initiating and redoubling efforts to catch up.
With the coming wave of app stores, consumers will likely face a chaotic market place over the next year or so. Many will likely be confused about where to turn to find applications for their phones with hardware providers, service providers of operating system companies running competing stores.
But the market is anticipated to iron on over time.
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