App stores to rule smartphone roost

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com App stores to rule smartphone roost — Jun. 03, 2009 — Application stores and services will drive the smartphone market in the coming years, say reports from Ovum and In-Stat. According to Ovum, mobile apps will help make the Linux/Java-based Android the fastest growing smartphone OS by 2014, giving it an 18 percent share of a $406.7 million market. ...