Apple App Store downloads top 100 million worldwide
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Sep 9, 2008 at 10:08am
Apple says that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded more than 100 million applications from its new Apple App Store since its launch on July 11. More than 3,000 applications are currently available on the App Store, with over 90 percent priced at less than US$10 and more than 600 offered for free.
Applications can take advantage of iPhone and iPod touch’s large display, Multi-Touch user interface, hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, built-in accelerometer and location-based technology. The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, so users can wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPhone or iPod touch and start using them immediately.
Applications are free or charged to the user’s iTunes account, and the App Store notifies the user when updates are available for their apps. The App Store is also available on iTunes for Mac or PC, which syncs applications to the iPhone or iPod touch using a USB cable.
“Macsimum News” is a proud supporter of Planet Gumbo, which feeds the hungry. We urge you to help them in their efforts.
Leave a comment ⇒
Please post the article topic & comment in our forums. No registration required.
Article Information
Comment on this Article Print this Article Email this Article Digg This
Contributor
Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
Recent Articles
