App Store now officially available
The App Store has been accessible for awhile now, but it is now official. Fire up your copy of iTunes and you'll be greeted with a new addition to the left hand navigation: App Store. As with the other sections of the iTunes Store you'll find a number of sections: New Apps, Top Apps, Top Free Apps, and more.The iPhone 2.0 firmware hasn't been released as of yet, but browsing the App Store should keep your mind off that for a little while.
What is the first app you're going to download?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Evan said 3:18PM on 7-10-2008
NetNewsWire, Finally an RSS reader on the iPhone...
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tevetorbes said 4:10PM on 7-10-2008
Yes and it works splendidly- syncs with NewsGator and whatsis. Very awesome.
Lou Griffith said 12:54PM on 7-11-2008
I am gonna have to try out band.
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help me said 3:20PM on 7-10-2008
why wouldnt they release the 2.0 update now?
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Dr.Taru said 3:21PM on 7-10-2008
Because they're waiting for the global iPhone launch, not just the NZ one.
Dr.Taru said 3:21PM on 7-10-2008
Definately going to be downloading remote.
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Dr.Taru said 3:24PM on 7-10-2008
I still get "The iTunes Application Store is not currently available. Please try again later."
MattFM said 3:22PM on 7-10-2008
Been in the left hand menu in the UK store for over 4 hours.
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matt said 3:23PM on 7-10-2008
methinks that the software will be available very very soon. and, yes, i sometimes do enjoy stating the obvious! but i mean within the next few hours...
hopefully
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dan.diemer said 3:25PM on 7-10-2008
If it's not showing up, try clicking the iTunes STORE link above the navigation.
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Travis said 3:25PM on 7-10-2008
where is scrabble? obviously in that photo but i can't find in the store.
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Ryan said 3:34PM on 7-10-2008
Try Wordtouch, it's a kind of Scrabble solitaire game....
ryan said 3:25PM on 7-10-2008
The 2.0 fw has been leaked about 2 hours ago.....
http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-4955.20080710.bgt53/iPhone1%2C2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw
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andai cee said 3:28PM on 7-10-2008
I am guna download the Super Monkey ball thing and the itunes remote. thank you sooooo much tuaw for the constant updates!
:)
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Isaac Specht said 3:27PM on 7-10-2008
I'm going straight for Pandora.
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SquiggiE said 4:31PM on 7-10-2008
Facebook...I know, I'm an addict
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mrtrik said 3:29PM on 7-10-2008
Already downloaded a bunch...
Free:
AOL Radio - love it
AIM - Like it a lot
ebay Mobile - like it
remote - like it a lot
facebook - no workey
netnews wire - love it
Oracle Business Indicators - gotta do something enterprisey
google mobile - not sold - integrate gmail and i'll love it
weatherbug - same as web app - but faster. like it
twitterific - nice
Paid:
Super Monkey Ball - love it
Enigmo - love it
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ainsophaur said 3:32PM on 7-10-2008
The AIM application won't let you change screen names or sign out once you sign into the App! This is ridiculous! It also doesn't utilize the Push service to allow you to receive IMs while the App isn't running. We had better functionality with Apollo!
mrtrik said 3:38PM on 7-10-2008
AIM will let you sign out on exit (not sure about switching). You have to set that in settings (general settings for the iphone will now have an AIM item).
I think push will come when "the cloud" comes online...
John said 3:45PM on 7-10-2008
If you've installed the AIM app, there's now an AIM section in the Settings app. You can change your account info and login settings there.