Sony Ericsson reveals Symbian OS application statistics for January-October 2005

Nov 25 Sony Ericsson reveals Symbian OS application statistics for January-October 2005
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Sony Ericsson has release its latest update on application sales through the Handango network, which provides Sony Ericsson with its Application Shop. Although the P900 and P910 have not held onto top spot, they have taken second place despite the growth in competition.

Statistics from Handango's distribution networks show that Symbian OS smartphone customers during 2005 downloaded more applications per visit than other smartphone customers, i.e. for handhelds on other smartphone OS's. Statistics also illustrate that developing applications for Sony Ericsson smartphones make great business sense with maintained high consumer interest in the Handango powered Sony Ericsson Application Shop.

To date there are 6,050 applications available for Symbian OS phones through Handango and its more than 100 distribution partners, a 46.24% increase since January 2005. By Handango partners is meant any and all Handango mobile software partners that offer their content catalog to customers. Examples of Handango's Symbian OS partners include Sony Ericsson and its Application Shop, the My-Symbian.com Online Shop and the AllAboutSymbian online shop.

During the whole of 2004, the Sony Ericsson P900/P910 was the overall number one revenue generating device across all platforms and all Handango channels. For 2005, the Sony Ericsson P900/P910 has been the second most popular device adding software (based on units sold) across Handango's whole network of customers across platforms and handsets, despite increased numbers of devices and platforms being introduced.

From January to October 2005, the average sale per unique customer for the Sony Ericsson Application Shop was 45.30 USD, which was 11.64 USD higher than the average sale per unique customer for Symbian OS. This can to a large extent be explained by the large touch screen and the UIQ platform suitable for PDA type of applications, making Sony Ericsson smartphones very popular as business and productivity tools. The target audience for these smartphones mainly consists of less price sensitive business users.

Check out more statistics as well as the top 10 selling applications for the Sony Ericsson P910 smartphone during 2005, the top 15 most downloaded Symbian OS applications for any handset and which application categories/types generate the most download sales.

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