[December 28, 2011] App downloads Jumped During Christmas Tweet Dec 28, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- There were 150M apps for mobile devices downloaded on Christmas Eve, and 242 million apps downloaded on Christmas, according to mobile analytics firm Flurry, The New York Times reported. Christmas Day downloads of apps for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system more than doubled compared with prior years and set records, Flurry added, the newspaper said. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has potential upside of 26.3% based on a current price of $403.02 and an average consensus analyst price target of $509.09. Apple is currently above its 50-day moving average (MA) of $391.36 and above its 200-day of $367.67. In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day MA has remained constant while the 200-day MA has remained constant. Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal computing and mobile communication devices along with a variety of related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, and resellers. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]