According to a study sanctioned by app company GetJar, the mobile application market will reach $17.5 billion by 2012, at which point there will be some 50 billion programs available, compared to 7 billion last year.

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It's True. When we can see a road, easy and claer, we take it. It's Clear. We need something that come with us. Desktop is going to be as equal as an hold man... the past.

I just can't see it happening. People will stick with desktops because of the customizability. Sure mobile products will increase, but i cannot see them killing the desktop in that short timespan.

That's a lot of apps. But how many of them are just time-wasters? I bet there are a lot of sand clock apps specially built for those who are mesmerized by the beauty of their contours or are bored at work.

Need to release some products to break into the ME & African market I see big potential!!

Not surprised one bit

I'm waiting for the Windows 7 phone ;]

17.5 billion?

ummm why is the left side say "Revenue in Millions" then?

Theres a big different between 17.5 billion and the chart showing 17.5 million. Im confused...

Millions in the chart, billions in the article? Hmm?...
Yes I can see this happening for regular people who check surf the web, play small flash games, check e-mail, IM people, etc. But the real PC users won't because yes as flukeh said we love the customization of them.

Even though they might be time-wasters, if it brings revenue then they won't complain.

It is to be expected there is still much room for exploration with apps, now with windows mobile and the ipad there will be even more.

Watta big revenue! As what I know, most applications on phones are for free. All my apps are free so I wonder how would they get revenue from those apps... Are those revenue merely from sponsor ads?...

Not surprised here, there are lots of useful apps out there that make smart phones a handy sidekick when you're not at home. then again there are also a lot of 'just-for-fun' apps, though not necessary useful in most cases, i still appreciate the creativity

"mobile devices will kill the desktop"

Excrement of a bull.

When was the last time you saw someone running After Effects on an iPhone?

It says 17,000 not 17 and I believe that thousand millions is a billion (17,000x1,000,000.00).

Here's an interesting fact!

In Britain a billion = 1,000,000,000,000
and in the USA a billion = 1,000,000,000
So there's a difference of a factor of 1,000

Secondly, at today's exchange rates £1 = US$1.53
So any amount in pounds is worth 53% more in pure numbers of American dollars.

Why can't we just get along. Why does something always have to "kill" something else. I think both fields will continue to grow. When my handhold can flip open a 24" wide-screen display and is rocking dual core 3.2GHZ then I'll jump on that bandwagon ;)

It's already a huge market and I expect it would just keep getting bigger. People have no problem spending less than $5 on something for their mobile toys. If these things were going for $14.99 or more people would be less likely to buy them.

hey its gonna rise even more!
also google has involved third party apps!
so expect some decent apps to hit the market! :D

Apps are big business, but the mobile market wont kill the desktop. The mobile market is convenient, but there are just too many things you cant do on a phone that you can do on a desktop.

Anyone notice how extremely fast its growing? double in just 2 years?