03.12.2009 14:21 Uhr, Quelle: 9to5Mac

iPhone, Apple tablet, IDC predicts 'platform shift', 300,000 Apps for 2010

Apple’s App Store will offer 300,000 applications by the end of 2010, IDC predicts in its ten-point forecast for industry change next year, which also anticipates Apple’s release of its ‘iPad’ (tablet) system next year.Analyst Frank Gens thinks there’s a lot to anticipate in his ten predictions, which also focus on the drive for greener computing, the importance of data and network services and the coming battle for ‘the cloud’.On mobile, he writes: “2010 will be a watershed year in the ascension of mobile devices as strategic platforms for commercial and enterprise developers. No, we're not yet talking about "the death of the PC"; far from it, as 2010 will see over 300 million PCs sold. But we are talking about mobile devices no longer being viewed as strictly subservient to PCs but as primary client platforms for developers and users alike. And, as you'll see from the predictions that follow, it's easy to see that they already have eclipsed, or will soon eclipse, PCs in several str

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