Despite the fact that Apple and the iPhone application store are under investigation for banning Google Voice, developers are still churning out iPhone apps at a rapid pace. They don't seem to care that their app could be subject to bizarre rejections. Heck, if the latest numbers are any indication, the number of iPhone apps is only going to increase exponentially.
According to July stats provided to us by Flurry (a mobile analytics firm we've previously reviewed), the iPhone App store is only becoming more crowded. While it had 25,000 apps in January, that number has more than doubled: it now has over 65,000 applications. With another five months to go in 2009, we should see the app count break 100,000. Seriously, think about how large that number is.
On top of tracking iPhone Apps, Flurry has also been analyzing the Google Android platform. It seems that the iPhone isn't the only mobile app platform that's gaining momentum. According to the analytics firm, more and more developers are starting projects on Android - outpacing app development growth on even the iPhone. The number of new app projects started on the Android platform has doubled since January when compared to Apple projects:
One last interesting stat: Flurry estimates that there are about 3 million active users of mobile eBook applications. That strong number begins to place the iPhone and iPod Touch in competition with the market leader: the Amazon Kindle. Here's a graph of the rapid growth: