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In the mobile world, it's been long established that applications are the key selling point for Apple's iPhone. At the end of June the company reported a record 5.2 million iPhones sold in its third quarter - a 600% increase over the same time frame a year earlier. Steve Jobs was proud to announce that more than 1.5 billion applications had been downloaded from the App Store. Unsurprisingly, according to a new survey released by Compete, 72% of iPhone owners have downloaded 10 or more applications to their devices. Meanwhile, in comparison only 27% of Blackberry owners have downloaded 5 or more applications.

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The day I purchased my iPhone I'd already downloaded more than 10 applications. To deny this curiosity for new features seems strange. While Blackberry's App World selection certainly doesn't compete with Apple's App Store, the company does offer free fan favorites like Read More...