Mobile App Market

Gartner Says Consumers Will Spend $6.2 Billion in Mobile Application Stores in 2010
Consumers will spend $6.2 billion in 2010 in mobile application stores while advertising revenue is expected to generate $0.6 billion worldwide, according to Gartner, Inc. Analysts said mobile application stores will exceed 4.5 billion downloads in 2010, eight out of ten of which will be free to end users.

(Gartner, http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1282413 [January 18, 2010])

Top 10 Apps
Gartner also identified the Top 10 Apps for 2012:

1. Money Transfer
2. Location-Based Services
3. Mobile Search
4. Mobile Browsing
5. Mobile Health Monitoring
6. Mobile Payment
7. Near Field Communication Services
8. Mobile Advertising
9. Mobile Instant Messaging
10. Mobile Music

(Gartner, http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1230413 [November 18, 2009])