BlackBerry Becomes Dominant Platform for Smartphone Content
BlackBerry Becomes Dominant Platform for Smartphone Content
27th August, 2009
US : Blackberry has become the number one platform with regard to the sales of smartphone content ahead of Windows Mobile for the first time in the Handango catalogue. Handango is the world-leader for smartphone content and these findings are the result of its latest report, called Yardstick.
Blackberry has displaced Windows Mobile with forty four percent of catalogue mobile content sold by Handango coming via Blackberry applications.
The top-five best-selling applications for BlackBerry January-June 2009 were:
1. Ringtone Megaplex
2. Alltel TV
3. Aces Texas Hold'em® - No Limit
4. Aces Solitaire Pack
5. The Weather Channel
In the first half of 2009, Vlingo emerged as Handango’s hottest newcomer. Vlingo offers voice control software for BlackBerry, Symbian (beta), and Windows Mobile (beta). With only one quarter of sales under its belt with Handango, Vlingo jumped into the top 20 most popular apps in the first half of 2009.
Commenting on Vlingo’s remarkable growth, Handango CEO Alex Bloom advises developers and publishers to continue focusing on building apps that solve problems and needs of substance in the mobile user experience. “A lot of press has been given to the low price-point app market… And while there’s definitely a place for low price-point apps, I believe there’s an even bigger opportunity in the mobile media market for quality apps that are built to augment personal and professional productivity, to provide rich forms of entertainment, and to help mobile users get organized, keep fit and stay safe”, said Bloom.
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