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iPhone SDK: 100K downloads in 4 days

by Dave Caolo Mar 12th 2008 at 11:00AM

It's safe to say there's a lot of interest in the iPhone SDK. In the first four days since its release on March 6, the SDK has been downloaded 100,000 times. Also, the video of the press event at Apple.com has already been viewed more than 1,000,000 times.

That's a lot of interest in something that's only truly meaningful to one group of people - developers. But I see where the anticipation comes from.

As a consumer, I'm just as excited by this release. When I first started playing with the iPhone, I said that it feels like a computer that happens to make phone calls, not a phone with some additional features. The promise of great native applications by some of my favorite Mac developers reinforces that feeling.

The iPhone is quickly becoming my favorite Mac.

[Via MacMinute]

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sleepyfox

But where do us budding iPhone App developers go for tech forums?

March 13 2008 at 7:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Felix

You can go to my dev blog + forum: http://www.iphonedevhelp.com

Just join the forums and let's start coding.

March 25 2008 at 11:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hawke

Wow, that's certainly a lot... guess this means that antitrust suits when Apple prevents third party browsers from running is more likely as they take the top position in the smartphone market?

March 12 2008 at 6:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bryan Walls

It's worth the download just for the emulator. I'd recommend it for anyone doing web development who wants to see what their site looks like on the iPhone or Touch.

March 12 2008 at 6:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cdbeshore

i had to torrent it too. I'd say there are many more than 100,000 copies floating around. Of course 99% of those won't get used for anything substantial.

March 12 2008 at 3:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Luigi193

I can't write any Objective-C, but I downloaded it anyway!

March 12 2008 at 2:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jm130500

I still get 404 errors when trying to DL the file

March 12 2008 at 1:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rick

Of course this only counts those who downloaded it directly from Apple. A handful (myself included) had to resort to a torrent of the .dmg when Apple couldn't handle the load that first day.

March 12 2008 at 12:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Zimmie

2.1 GB per download, 100,000 downloads, means that this developer kit alone has caused 210 TB of traffic for Apple.I *really* don't want to see that bandwidth bill, but with how much cash they have they could afford it pretty easily.

March 12 2008 at 11:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Tony Hoyle

Most of it seemed to go via akamai

Even the first day when the main site was fubar if you got past that (eg. use https to login, use direct URL to fetch the dmg) you could max out the bandwidth on the download - I was getting 900kbps which is pretty close to my theoretical max.

March 12 2008 at 12:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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