{"id":463113,"date":"2010-03-23T19:36:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T23:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=107473"},"modified":"2010-03-23T19:36:26","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T23:36:26","slug":"ipad-to-kick-start-an-8b-tablet-app-market-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/463113","title":{"rendered":"iPad to Kick-start an $8B+ Tablet App Market: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apple, with the iPad, has lit the fuse on an entirely new category of mobile devices: the tablet. Everyone from gamers<\/a> to developers<\/a> (even, ostensibly, dead communist leaders<\/a><\/a>) are pondering its possibilities — especially publishers and media barons<\/a>, who see a savior when it comes to helping readers find, consume and buy media.<\/p>\n

At the heart of this opportunity lies the app. With a significant number of the 150,000 apps in Apple’s App Store set to be available on the iPad from day one, the market for paid tablet apps alone is expected to top $8 billion within just five years.<\/span><\/p>\n

It wasn’t too long ago that the term “app” conjured up images of fried finger food<\/a>, not software. But that all changed when Apple introduced its App Store for the iPhone and ushered in the modern day mobile app economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And now that economy is set to grow even larger with the launch of the iPad. As I\u2019ve detailed in a new report on GigaOM Pro<\/a> (sub req’d), tablet app downloads and consumption will be significant.<\/p>\n

How big do I forecast the market for tablet apps will be? <\/strong><\/p>\n