Apple announces 2 billion downloads, 85,000 apps from the App Store

Just after reaching 1 billion downloads five months ago, Apple announced this morning that the iPhone App Store has reached 2 billion downloads since its launch in July 2008. Also, Apple announced that 85,000 apps are available to download or buy from the App Store, and there are now over 125,000 registered iPhone developers with the iPhone Developer Program.

These apps are available now to the 50 million devices running the iPhone OS (iPhone/iPod touch), creating an ever-expanding group of users.

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Source: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/09/28appstore.html

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Just after reaching 1 billion downloads five months ago, Apple announced this morning that the iPhone App Store has reached 2 billion...

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Jamie

2 billion apps on 50 million iphones, So people on average have 40 apps? That seems high to me

September 29 2009 at 3:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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bachelorboy

Not high at all. I consider myself to be a conservative app downloader and I have a little over 100 apps...

September 29 2009 at 1:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

TheCastro

To the tell the truth, there are a ton of apps I'll never see, hear about, or use. It's cool that there are niche markets like for lawyers and doctors in the app store.

But I do wish that Apple and AT&T were a little more lienent with their approval policy. As long as the app works, doesn't crash, and doesn't spread viruses or steal data I say let it play. Slowing down the network is an issue AT&T needs to work out and fix.

September 28 2009 at 10:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

NavStar

Are they counting re-downloads, or downloads caused by app updates? (I bet they are)

September 28 2009 at 6:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

scarabic

I want my car to fricking fly. How come the only options I can get with it are leather seats and air conditioning? TOYOTA!!!! End your closed, totalitarian system of having to approve everything that interacts with your product. It's my car! If I want to buy it with fricking pinwheels attached to the side so I can drive it off a cliff and fly, you should let me! Monopoly! The death of innovation! Boo! Boo! Mooooooo!!!

September 28 2009 at 5:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Monica

What! Only 2 billion! Thats crazy! Anyway, I lost count around 1,434,342,099!!!

September 28 2009 at 3:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

marcio.castilho

There is an AppStore search engine to help find all these apps:
http://www.uquery.com

September 28 2009 at 1:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Ekauq

That is a nice site, I like the searches, filters and showing reviews.
The site I usually go to is http://www.appshopper.com/, it does more of the rest with, updates, price changes and top 100.

September 28 2009 at 5:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

TheCastro

Awesome man, thanks

September 28 2009 at 10:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

signjc

Out of 85,000 apps, Is there an app that duplicates the functionality of WInterboard, Stacks, SBSettings, Backgrounder, IntelliScreen, Action Menu, or MyWi? Yeah, thought so.

September 28 2009 at 1:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Hassell

And I still have to say, Symbolism the best app I have!!

September 28 2009 at 1:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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signjc

Obviously, I knew about some of the limitations, but I bought the phone anyway. Over time, the limitations bugged me and I jailbroke my phone.

My phone remains jailbroken and for right now I am not upgrading the OS. My complaint is with an overly restrictive policy on the use of my phone. I don't want it to fly, I don't want to flush it down a toilet, but I would like to have some functionality that is possible, proven, and easy enough to implement without jailbreaking. Anyway, being locked in for 2 years on contract I would like a company to address some easily correctable limitations of their OS and that is not unreasonable.

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