App Store Development Triples in Anticipation of iPad

Developers integrating Flurry analytics into iPhone OS applications in January increased by nearly three times over December. According to a new report, Flurry counted over 1,600 new iPhone OS application starts for January.

It's likely that excitement generated by Apple's iPad event in January is driving this growth. Many developers have already started work on the iPad version of their apps.


While Android's steady new application growth over the second half of 2009 closed the gap against the iPhone, reaching as many as one out of every three new applications starts within Flurry for December, the recent spike in Apple iPad support has swung the pendulum back in Apple's favor to a level not seen at Flurry in six months. The unprecedented surge in support for iPad is a positive early indicator for its commercial potential.



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