As you probably know already, just like websites, many apps run some form of analytics system to let developers know how many users they have and such.
Flurry analytics is one of the main providers of such a system. They generally aggregate this data to run various reports and give us some insights about apps like their distribution or piracy levels. Well, their latest report is of the most interesting ones.
Over the last month they spotted an increasing usage of App Store apps by a new device, which they claim to be the tablet. They actually didn’t stop there as they traced back all this usage to one point; Apple’s Campus in Cupertino California.
All together they would have detected 50 devices which have been running as much as 200 different apps.
If they are right on this one this is a huge news. The app component of the Tablet is a big mystery and Apple allowing the iSlate to tap into the App Store could be very interesting for both developers and customers.
On a further point we also notice that the category distribution of app usage is pointing that games could be an important component of the tablet, this or Apple’s engineers have too much free time.
Any apps you’d like to see on your tablet?
Hi,
I think it would only make sense for all apps to run on the tablet.
It’s just gonna be more work for the developers to adapt their apps and make them better equipped for the higher resolution. I just hope that doesn’t mean that we’ll have to rebuy the apps we already have.
I think the best games to profit from the tablet’s bigger screens would be tower defense & board games, but I’m afraid it won’t be easy to adapt shooters that depend on on-screen joysticks.
… anyhow the big announcement is only 2 days away, and expectations are all-time high.
Nazo
I just want it to double as a wacom tablet and a second monitor when hooked to the home base computer… that would be epic.
But it would be awesome if it had a native GOOGLE VOICE app so i could buy 3g for it and just drop my phone plan all-together… i mean i plan on carrying this thing always anyway so y not lol.
All the apps would be great on the tablet,but games would really benefit from the bigger screen.Looking forward to games like Need for speed.
Apps? On the tablet, possibly called the iPad? No surprise really.
I’m with Cody. I’d love to see it double as a wacom tablet, second monitor, and a slew of other things while connected to the home computer. Maybe have it run as an external control device for things like Final Cut, Logic, etc. You could really do some cool stuff with the tablet if they allow it. We’ll know soon enough…
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