Apple’s iPod touch mobile-software downloads jumped more than 1,000 percent on Christmas Day, signaling that sales of the media player surged during the holiday season, according to research firm Flurry.
The growth compared with the average of previous Fridays in December, San Francisco-based Flurry said Monday in a report. Downloads of iPod touch programs surpassed those for the iPhone for the first time.
Cupertino-based Apple offers more than 100,000 applications on its iTunes online store, boosting the appeal of its phones and media players. Google, whose Android operating system runs phones made by Motorola and HTC, has more than 12,000 applications available.
“Apple downloads continue to grow at staggering rates,” said Peter Farago, a spokesman at Flurry. “IPod touch devices must have flooded the market over Christmas.”
Total Apple application downloads increased 51 percent in December from the previous month, compared with a 22 percent gain in Android downloads, Flurry said.
The download volume for Apple is more than 13 times greater than for Android, according to Flurry data.
