Apple today announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have already downloaded more than 10 million applications from its groundbreaking new App Store since its launch late last week. Developers have created a wide array of innovative mobile applications ranging from games to location-based social networking to medical applications to enterprise productivity tools. Users can wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPhone or iPod touch and start using them immediately. More than 800 native applications are now available on the App Store, with more than 200 offered for free and more than 90 percent priced at less than $10.
“The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in the press release. “Developers have created some extraordinary applications, and the App Store can wirelessly deliver them to every iPhone and iPod touch user instantly.”
Many of these amazing new applications take advantage of iPhone’s large display, Multi-Touch user interface, fast hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, built-in accelerometer and location-based technology to bring far more powerful applications to the mobile arena than ever before.
The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, which means it is accessible from just about anywhere, so users can purchase and download applications wirelessly and start using them instantly. Applications are free or charged to the user’s iTunes(R) account and the App Store notifies the user when updates are available for their apps. The App Store is also available in iTunes running on a Mac or PC, which syncs applications to the iPhone or iPod touch using a USB cable.
More about Apple’s App Store here.
Apple also sold 1 MILLION iPhones in 3 days.
I guess the “Wow” really does start now. 😀
yes, i alone downloaded 50 of them.
wish I could find a damn iPhone!
Maybe it’s just the craziness of last weekend but I have yet to download any app wirelessly, they all prompt to connect to Itunes to “sync” them.
Considering we have zero interest in deploying Itunes onto corporate pc’s I hope this gets resolved and Itunes intergration is an option not a requirement.
i got 10 and i haven’t even bought my iPhone endnu!
Of the 11 applications that seemed interesting enough for me to try out (from the whole catalogue), I have trashed 10 after playing with them just once.. I’m still waiting to see something truly USEFUL come out of this.
How many to-do lists can one have?
Surely the $100M iFund incentive is enticing enough?
would say the same about his own kids so please disregard
I am very happy with the 20+ apps I downloaded
I think he is FOS
mdn deleted 2 of my posts.
wtf?
“The App Store is a grand slam”
Steve: Apple now the Denny’s of Cellphones.
How many of those downloads were for PAID apps?
You think I would be a bad parent and “full of shit” because you disagree with me about the usefulness of iPhone apps? Some people seem to get a little aggressive behind the veil of the Internet.
Please, what are these 20 essential apps you managed to find that I’ve clearly overlooked? Let’s see.. Phonesaber? Seriously, I’m keen to know so I can go check them out.
I just haven’t seen anything as useful as some of the ones Apple has given us for a year already, with the exception of some industry-specific apps (such as the medical imaging ones). Any recommendations?
remote is excellent
unfortunately all the rest are utter junk , so much for developers developers etc
if we don’t watch out , apple will end up like ms
plus i had to email apple direct just to get the poxy update to download , after trying for 3 days NON STOP
so much for their competence and state of the art x-serves
very unimpressed in how the whole thing was handled
this whole smoke n mirrors and hidden info crap from apple gets really boring after awhile
Truth is, folks, not everyone is on board the Apple train. If someone works for/is a dear fan of RIM, Microsoft, HP, Palm, Nokia, LG, Dell, Linux, Gateway, Verizon, Sprint, Acer, ad infinitum, there’s going to be some bad feelings posted on sites such as these. Sure, not all MDNers are happy with everything Apple does . . . but let’s don’t forget that SOME of us here have very, very large self-serving axes to grind. You know: “Death to Apple! Death to innovation! Death to a better computing experience! Down with AAPL!”
Too bad we can’t tell one poster’s agenda from the other.
For every good app there are 5 bad ones. The tip calculating apps are a bit much. I’m betting the best is yet to come, as the really good apps are going to take a while. Sirius Satellite would be great. That doesn’t sound too easy to build though. The real bloodbath is still on it’s way.
12 apps on my iPhone. 10 free 2 paid, one at 99¢ and one at $4.99. 2 others that I downloaded and decided I didn’t like so I deleted…
So a total of 14 downloaded for me, 2 paid 12 free.
@ Underwhelmed, Flappo, and those looking for killer apps . . .
Check out the “Pageonce” app. It’s free – and something I have personally been looking for – forever. Talk about having all critical data at your fingertips – and via one keypress. There wasn’t one bill or financial institution I was not able to add. Amazing . . .
I agree not a ton of killer apps yet, but there are really some diamonds hidden in the store.
My experience so far:
First off, I have almost exclusively stuck to only the free apps:
– All the Jirbo games I have tried are of extremely high quality and I’m very glad to have them…addictive they can be…
– Time-wasters (like PhoneSaber, Yes/No, SimStapler and Moo) are very amusing for a little while. My daughter loves PhoneSaber.
– VoiceNotes is very useful and one of those apps that we should have had a long time ago
– Urbanspoon is a timesaver and allows you to expand your world
– Many of the sports-related ones (SportsTap, Baseball, LiveSportz) are excellent sources for scores and stats. I’m very surprised that Baseball is a free application
– Shazam and Midomi are pretty useful and part of the “wow, I didn’t know you could do that!?” group of apps
– eventful is a huge timesaver
– Currency, really kicks butt, if you need to get conversion rates quickly
– TalkBubbles, the only app I have paid for is plain fun, but it is sluggish, they need to work on it…
I hate that app store. I already spent a ton of money because its so easy to use and load on the iPhone. Unlike those other devices, iTunes/iPhone/Touch system is too easy. See, click, buy…..!
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For all of you who are disappointed in the App store give it time. It’s only been a few days. I would rather have a “low threshold” on applications Apple accepts and let us decide which are the best. In a few months some applications in each category will rise above the “background noise” and really become essential items.
These are a few apps that I’ve kept on my i-Pod touch
FINANCE
Bloomberg: Very nice snapshot of stock markets world wide
Save Benjis: Comparing prices is a snap
LIFESTYLES
Box Office: Quick overview of Movie ratings, where they’re showing and synopsis
SPORTS
SportsTap: Quick place to check scores!!!
REFERENCE
Starmap: Great resource for those night-sky watchers
iCSC: Nice app to accompany “Starmap”
Google: No non-sense interface for a quick search
Gengou: Recommended for anyone traveling to Japan as a tourist
GAMES
iMaze; OK, people will look at you strangely while you’re playing this accelerometer enhanced game
TRAVEL
Currency: Very nice to see how your countries currency is hold up in the world market.
Hotels.com: Helpful in finding a hotel near where you’re geo-located
Travelocity: Nice resource
Remote is awesome w/airtunes.
I downloaded Smartshopper, I used to use this on my palm and it was pretty handy so I’m glad its available for the iphone.
There are some other Apps I’m interested in but need to do a little more research.
I also thought it overkill that there were in some cases 3 or more app that did essentially the same thing (e.g. Tip calc). But actually, I’m kind of glad. Being a Mac user for so long, I’ve grown numb to not having a lot of software choice. Having more to choose from is better. Lets hope it scales to Apps other then Tip calcs and voice notes.
Thanks iMacman, pageonce is definitely a great app.
While I was surprised there were not more robust apps, I think one’s killer app is relative. For me, I am living in Mexico and my Spanish is poor. I have always wanted a native English to Spanish dictionary (not needing the cloud) on my iPod touch to take on the road to help bail me out in difficult conversations. What a joy to see that Ultralingua’s excellent dictionaries were available as iPhone apps. Sure, it has received almost totally negative reviews entirely because of it’s pricing at $29.99. But for me, it was a no-brainer. It’s the killer app for me and worth the thirty bucks to carry around that high-caliber of a dictionary with me wherever I go in Mexico.
The other killer app for me was OmniFocus. I use the desktop version all the time. Again, lots of complaints from those who have paid $79.99 for the desktop version and now have to pay $19.99 to sync to their iPhone, but for me, it’s one of my killer apps to be able to take my task management on the road with me.
The only other killer app for me would’ve been Bento for the iPhone. I am surprised and disappointed it is not available.
Hey, I can’t find Flappo or Pageonce when looking alphabetically through All iPhone APPLICATIONS.
“Tuner” is just fantastic. I’ve added my favorite stations and it even works great on Edge (if it’s not a high-bitrate stream) while out walking the dog. Reminds me of the old Arvin transister radio I had glued to my ear as a kid.