CIO — Goodbye, $.99 iPhone apps.

In fact, mobile app developers are weighing seven business models, the most prevalent still being application store sales with 59 percent of respondents using this model. Other models include advertising (43 percent), in-app purchase (42 percent), brand loyalty and engagement (34 percent), mobile commerce (26 percent), subscription (26 percent), and coupons programs (10 percent). The fastest growing business model is mobile commerce. In a similar survey last year, only 14 percent of mobile app developers had mobile commerce as part of their business model mix. Today, one out of four have mobile commerce, a growth of 86 percent. Applications...

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Manufacturing of iPad 2 to begin in February(2011), iPhone 5 in May(2011)?

According to a report, Apple’s manufacturing partners overseas they are going to start their ipad, ipad2 in February which would be followed by the manufacturing of the iPhone 5 in May. China’s commercial time have reported that production of  of iPad 2 will be starting from the next month i.e. (February02-2011). The companies shipment for the second quarter of 2011 is expected to increase significantly, it is expected that iPad 2 sales will cross over the peak of sales attain by its predecessor. It is also reported that Foxconn have once again taken the lead in getting the greater share of the pie, as it remains apples biggest manufacturing...

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