iPad downloads mount to 3 billion, slay Android tablet downloads

Apple iPad users have downloaded a whopping three billion applications, since the iPad first arrived nearly two years back, in 2010. According to a research conducted by trend forecasting and analysis firm, ABIresearch, this amounts to 19 percent of all the downloads that have been completed by Apple users. In comparison to this, Android tablets have completed a modest 440 million downloads. One of the reasons cited for the difference in numbers is that applications for the iPad are generally more feature rich and of ‘a better quality’ than most Android tablet – specific apps. Click here for full story