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Smartphones boost mobile games industry | PHONE Magazine
Smartphones boost mobile games industry | PHONE Magazine
The rapid growth of smartphones have changed the face of mobile gaming platform industry. The iPhone and BlackBerry Curve, according to comScore, have replaced the RAZR and low-end flip phones as the most popular gaming platforms. iphone_simcity iPhone users accounted for 14 percent of mobile ...
Smartphones Provide Extra Mana for Mobile Games Industry
cellular-news.com — ­comScore reports that the number of people downloading a mobile game grew 17 percent from November 2007... to November 2008, when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device. “The rapid growth in ... (more) Smartphones Provide Extra Mana for Mobile Games Industry
Smartphones Provide Extra Mana for Mobile Games Industry as Audience for Downloaded Games Grows ...
comscore.com — comScore reports that 34 percent of mobile game downloaders in November owned a smartphone, compared with 10... percent last year. Reston, VA. January 30, 2009 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, reports that the ... (more) Smartphones Provide Extra Mana for Mobile Games ...
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iPhone, the most popular gaming platform
Top iPhone News — Apple’s iPhone, along with the BlackBerry Curve, have replaced the RAZR and low-end flip phones as the most popular gaming platforms, according to comScore. The report also said that iPhone owners accounted for 14 percent of mobile game downloaders in November, with 32.4 percent of all iPhone users downloaded a game in the month, compared with a market average of 3.8 percent. [Cellular News via PhoneMag]

iPhone, the most popular gaming platform
iPhone Buzz — Apple's iPhone, along with the BlackBerry Curve, have replaced the RAZR and low-end flip phones as the most popular gaming platforms, according to comScore. The report also said that iPhone owners accounted for 14 percent of mobile game downloaders in November, with 32.4 percent of all iPhone users downloaded a game in the month, compared with a market average of 3.8 percent. [Cellular News via PhoneMag]

Smartphone videogame market explodes in 2008; dumbphone market wounded, but struggling on
Engadget — ... on that platform alone accounting for 14 percent of all mobile game downloads and nearly one third of all iPhone users reporting they'd downloaded at least one game. That compares quite favorably to non-smartphone users, of whom just 3.8 percent have downloaded a game, driving that market to decline by 14 percent since 2007. Overall the mobile gaming industry bucked recessionary trends, grew a healthy 17 percent, and will now be shopping in the husky clothing section. [Via PHONE Magazine] Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Handhelds ...

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