Verizon IPhone Deal May Add $1 Billion to Apple’s App Sales
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A Verizon Wireless version of the iPhone will create a boom in sales of downloadable tools and games for the device, strengthening Apple Inc.’s already close ties to mobile software developers.
Verizon Wireless customers may buy $1 billion in applications, adding to an expected $6 billion in apps through Apple’s App Store in 2011, according to technology research firm IDC. Verizon Wireless will start selling the iPhone in January, two people familiar with the plans said this week.