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Apple App Store hits 25K apps; iPhone surpasses Windows Mobile as platform with largest app library
MacDailyNews —
... "In mid-January, Apple announced that it had passed the 500 million mark in downloaded apps, but it’s hard to say exactly how many more have been downloaded since then," Elmer-DeWitt reports. "We do know, however, that the global addressable market of iPhones and iPod touches continues to grow apace... By one calculation (provided by reader KenC) it’s almost certainly larger than 23 million units." Full article, with a graph of app milestones and a breakdown of App Store categories, here . MacDailyNews Take: Well, that didn't take long. All hail the new King of the Mobile ...
Apple Reaches 25K Apps, Games Lead The Way
iPhone Savior —
... "One of the biggest challenges that Apple's going to face is figuring out the best way to feature (thousands of applications) on a screen that's 320 (pixels) by 480," said Greg Yardley of Pinch Media." Source: CNET The running tally of apps recorded by 148Apps does not necessarily reflect apps potentially rejected by Apple after being submitted. See the breakout of types of applications below the fold. [Apple 2.0]
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iPhone now has more applications than Windows Mobile
Infinite Loop —
... mark in early February, and has continued to gain applications at an impressive rate. Last week, Fortune noted that App Store tracker 148Apps.com showed over 25,000 applications available on the App Store, meaning that the time necessary for the App Store to pick up 5,000 has decreased yet again as developers add applications at a faster rate. ...
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