Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today. Android Will Account For 58 Percent Of Smartphone App Downloads In 2013 (ABI Research)The annual volume of smartphone app downloads will reach 56 billion this year, according to ABI Research’s updated market forecasts. Of different OS platforms, Google’s Android will account for 58 percent of the total, with Apple’s iOS commanding an annual share of 33 percent. Microsoft’s Windows Phone will finish the year with a slice slightly smaller than 4 percent, with BlackBerry trailing it with 3 percent. In the meantime, mobile users will download around 14 billion tablet apps during the year. In the tablet segment, iPad’s lead as a development platform remains formidable, as 75 percent of the amount will be apps running on iOS. Read >> Is iWatch A Risk To Google Mobile Se
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