1 Billion Apple apps?

[D D Danneh]

http://www.apple.com/itunes/billion-app-countdown/

Getting pretty close to the billion downloads now. Should be there in about half an hour I think.

Post your thoughts. And pictures of yourself dancing. Please.

 

[rp2000]

http://www.apple.com/itunes/billion-app-countdown/

Getting pretty close to the billion downloads now. Should be there in about half an hour I think.

Post your thoughts. And pictures of yourself dancing. Please.

Impressive, yet meh at the same time.

50% of the apps are either crap or only used once.

Still impressive selling 1 billion in a year (or less?)


rp2000

 

[NickK]

50% of the apps are either crap or only used once.
Still impressive selling 1 billion in a year (or less?)

1bn in 9 months.

I see the fabled iFart got onto the front page of most downloads of all time..

Although I suspect that Apple will announce some bad financial progress due to the market down turn.. although I think I'll still be in the market for the next version of iPhone..

 

[Spyhop]

Only 50% being crap is not bad given the number of them

 

[MikeHunt79]

Does this mean it's a good time to be an apple app dev?

 

[rp2000]

Does this mean it's a good time to be an apple app dev?

9 months ago was..... All the easy cheap crappy cash cow ideas have been taken imo.


rp2000

 

[Fillado]

What I find utterly perplexing is that NO other mobile company thought of doing this before Apple - now they are trying to play catchup!

I have an N95 8GB and while I can install many applications on it freely (most paid apps though are IMEI-locked which means change your phone and you lose your application which is HORRIBLE) discovering them is a royal pain. The answer is so obvious yet it took Apple to do it. Crazy

 

[AJUK]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8015705.stm

LOL.

 

[RaiderX]

1bn reached and the winner is a 13yr old called Connor Mulcahey, nice prizes there

 

[smogsy]

The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest, Connor will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro.
Official Rules Reglas Oficiales

yeh i wouldn't mind being him although the $10,000 gift vouchers id give away apple don't sell lossless

 

[Spyhop]

What I find utterly perplexing is that NO other mobile company thought of doing this before Apple - now they are trying to play catchup!

I think being able to use the already widespread iTunes (client software and service) as the hub is what made it possible.