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Books Outnumber Games On iPhones Now

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First Posted: 05/03/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:40 PM ET

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People love their iPhone apps -- after all, Apple has sold over a billion of them since it launched the phone. And a big proportion of those apps are games. But you know what else a growing number of people love to have on their iPhone? Books. According to Mobclix, which does mobile advertising for apps, the number of books in the iTunes store now exceeds the number of games for the first time since the device was launched, making books the largest category in the store. The numbers from Mobclix, which keeps a regular tally on the most popular apps and downloads, show that there are more than 26,000 books in iTunes, compared with a little over 24,000 games.

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People love their iPhone apps -- after all, Apple has sold over a billion of them since it launched the phone. And a big proportion of those apps are games. But you know what else a growing number of ...
People love their iPhone apps -- after all, Apple has sold over a billion of them since it launched the phone. And a big proportion of those apps are games. But you know what else a growing number of ...
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12:29 PM on 03/10/2010
Oh good, I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who enjoys reading on my iPhone! It's very handy when I'm sitting someplace without much room.
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12:08 PM on 03/03/2010
a total of 1 of the 100 top grossing apps are books. I got bored counting how many are games. It's like the rest except for two sex position apps which could be considered games too.
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10:38 AM on 03/03/2010
That's ridiculous. People don't read anymore.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/01/steve-jobs-peop/
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11:35 AM on 03/03/2010
ok, I'll read the article, but it still goes along with the misconception that people read copious amounts of text on backlighted screens. The iPad isn't an eReader because people will not like reading on it, just like we don't see people reading on their laptops. There are two reasons.

1) People get distracted with other options when the entire internet is on the same device as the book.

2) most importantly, your eyes hurt from staring at a light for 3 hours. the iPad doesn't have transreflective or e-ink capabilities so people are going to download 10 and read maybe one book before they give up on it and head over to some website with short articles. College students may buy the most books, but that's because they should read them, not because they actually will. It's easier to procrastinate when your textbook is always with you. I'll get to it just after I update my Facebook status. . .
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