Excitement over the iPad’s introduction continues to accelerate production of new App Store entries more than six weeks after Apple unveiled its tablet device. Indeed, the number of new iPhone OS apps produced rose 185 percent since the iPad became public January 27.
“Over six weeks since Apple announced the iPad, Flurry continues to measure a significant increase in iPhone OS new application starts within the system,” Flurry Analytics’ Peter Farago writes. The company said a large number of the new applications are “custom version of existing applications tailored for the iPad.”
In early February, Flurry said developer interest in the iPad tripled to 1,600 apps leading up to the iPad announcement, compared to 600 apps a month earlier.
The mobile metrix firm said the iPad allowed Apple’s App Store to regain impetus and pull away from Google’s Android Marketplace, which had been closing the gap between it and the Cupertino, Calif. firm.
