“Apple’s iPhone probably had a good Christmas — we’re seeing them everywhere. But its iPod touch — which it’s marketing as a gaming device — seems to be on fire,” Dan Frommer reports for Silicon Alley Insider.
“We’re not the only ones who saw a big spike in traffic on Christmas Day from iPod touch users: Web metrics service Net Applications says the iPod touch’s Web browser market share soared on Christmas day to 0.21%, up fourfold from its mid-December share around 0.05%. It’s staying up since then, too — 0.16% on Dec. 26, 27, and 28,” Frommer reports.
“Meanwhile, we got 2.66% of our visits from iPod touch users yesterday, up from 2.00% on Christmas Day and a 0.32% average from Dec. 1-24, according to Google Analytics,” Frommer reports.
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MacDailyNews Note: According to Google Analytics, yesterday MacDailyNews saw 7.90% of our traffic from iPhone and 1.63% from iPod touch versus 10.15% from iPhone and 1.90% from iPod touch on Christmas Day vs. averages of 7.55% and 0.95% respectively from Dec. 1-24.
Arnold Kim reports for MacRumors, “The #1 ranked App Store application (iFart Mobile) saw a tripling of sales from 13,000 units a day to almost 39,000 units on Christmas day. This growth in sales, however, was not just isolated to the #1 spot and was seen across the entire App Store. Several game developers on TouchArcade.com reported sales boosts of 3x-4x across all titles, even for titles not in the top 100 listings… Hit Tennis developer Mark Johnson reported a 4x sales increase on Christmas for his tennis game.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “James W.” for the heads up.]