Alleged mobile usage stats from a spam e-mail

The e-mailer promoted mobile app development, claiming:

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Did you know, there will be 21 Billion Apps to be downloaded in 2013 as compared to 5 million Apps downloaded in 2010!!!

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br. *Why are Businesses Creating Mobile Apps?*

# The volume of Mobile Phones is much higher than Pcs.
# The average time spent on Mobile Apps is 64%.
# On an Average, people check their mobile every 6 minutes.
# People use mobile Apps 6 times more than the websites.
# 79% smart-phones users use their mobile to make purchasing decisions.
# 50% users make purchase on Mobile within 1 hour as compared to 1 month on a desktop.
# 73% of Business Owners use Mobile Apps daily.
# Business owners also use Mobile Apps for Customer Engagement.


br. *Why are Small Business Owners Eager to Invest in Mobile Apps?*

# 38% Business Owners want to keep their Existing users Engaged.
# 36% wants to attract more local Customers.
# 34% wants to gain Competitive advantage.

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Some of the info may have originated from this December 2012 "post.":http://www.abmobileapps.com/why-mobile-applications-for-business/

I think the point of the e-mail was: "Mobile is big, and it's getting bigger." 

Ya think?


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