It's going to be a good year for mobile apps

[From Hans] It looks like it's going to be a good year for the mobile industry. "Worldwide mobile application store revenue will almost triple to $15.1 billion this year, boosted by a surge in Google's Android market, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday. Apple created the market for mobile online software stores with the iPhone store in mid-2008, scoring an instant hit that drove smartphone sales and reshaped the way mobile content is delivered." Reuters after the jump.