Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Holidays, App Store
Christmas iPod touch and iPhone gifts boost App Store volume
John Sargent of The Obvious Institute tells us why: "Well, iPod touches are pretty boring without apps, you know? And I guess people probably want to try out apps on their new iPod touches." Thank you, John -- painfully obvious. Our technology analyst Ms. Common Sense also tells us that any time Apple sees a bump in sales of their devices, the App Store will have its own sales bump soon after.
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Apple Dave said 6:08PM on 12-29-2008
Here is some anecdotal evidence of how well the iPod Touch sold this year.....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laindiemusic/sets/72157611760695039/
Photos from Walmart and Target
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Peter Watling said 6:12PM on 12-29-2008
FYI: The free BubbleWrap, from Orsome Software had over 100,000 downloads Christmas Day, but the 99c version ( BubblePro ) only had very few, despite the offer of a $500 prize for the best score.
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Low Impact Development said 6:17PM on 12-29-2008
I wonder, though, if Apple greatly outperformed the overall dismal holiday sales numbers:
http://www.low-impact-development.com
Wing said 8:24PM on 12-29-2008
Maybe not so obvious...
While the iPod Touch browser share spike is impressive, surely it doesn't mean there are now 3-4 times more new iPod Touch's in use. Wouldn't a signifcant percentage of these App Store "sales" (and even some of the increase in the browsing) be due to existing iPod/touch owners who just received iTunes gift cards?
I'd be interested in an update on these "trends" in another few weeks.
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iBearTouch said 8:55PM on 12-29-2008
Mike, I think you meant to say "iPods Touch". iPod TouchES sounds kinda weird...
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Taylor said 10:00PM on 12-29-2008
The iPods touch sounds odd though, a bit like saying the Brothers Grimm.
If we were gonna get into grammar, then I'd say it should be called the touch iPod.
TorsteinV said 9:20PM on 12-29-2008
iPhone sales skyrocketed in Norway :D
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Rob said 11:59PM on 12-29-2008
I'm surprised that no one has pointed out that it also has to to with iTunes Gift Cards. I have had my iPhone since the beginning, and I asked for gift cards for Christmas. Most of them were spent no games for my phone.
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Vikram said 11:10AM on 12-30-2008
Steve Jobs is really skilled in marketing! That graph really made a hgih jump!
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Erich said 9:51AM on 12-31-2008
Sales of TowerSmash (currently in the middle of being renamed to KidFun Play Blocks) also went up about 3x over the last 2 weeks. And silly me thought that my app was just getting better reception with parents of toddlers :-P
http://brattonbrothers.com/towersmash
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