—App store marketshare: Apple’s App Store captured 12 percent of the mobile applications market in 2008., but the App Store’s value is significantly than others due to intense competition between developers which has pushed down application prices, reports Strategy Analytics. Analyst David MacQueen said: “The downside to this popularity is that with so many developers rushing on board, competition has become fierce and the majority of applications are downloaded for free, or at a very low cost.”

—CES expands iPhone App area: The Consumer Electronics Association today announced today that it has expanded the space it is allotted to companies who want to show-off their applications for the iPhone to 25,000 square feet. The area is being called the iLounge Pavilion, which will hold exhibits for iPod, iPhone and Mac-specific applications. The iLounge Pavilion is co-sponsored by CEA and iLounge.com. With more than 35,000 iPhone applications in the iPhone App Store, there is probably significant demand. Originally, the lounge was going to be as big as 4,000 square feet.

—AP Mobile is one years old: The Associated Press said this month it is celebrating its one-year anniversary of AP Mobile. Over the past year, more than 55 million local stories have been read on AP Mobile since its May 2008 launch. It said that 63 percent of AP Mobile users fall between 18 and 34 and that men represent 78 percent of traffic, and 82 percent of sports traffic. In addition, AP Mobile users on average spend 17 minutes a month using AP mobile applications and apnews.com.

—Capcom on iPhone: Japanese video game maker Capcom said it plans to launch more than 10 titles for the iPhone within a year, reports Reuters. Already, the company launched “Resident Evil: Degeneration” for iPhone and iPod touch earlier this month.

—Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Sync for Symbian: Google said today that it has launched Google Sync for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) S60 smartphones, which will allow people to sync their contacts and calendars with your mobile device. The sync will work two-ways, so that a contact added to the phone will be added to your online account and vice versa. The software can be found at m.google.com/sync. Release. Nokia also recently released back-up contact and calendar services through its Ovi service.