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Sat, 06 Dec 2008 Apple: 300 million iPhone apps downloaded

Apple place ads in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times

Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com

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Apple on Friday said 300 million iPhone apps have been downloaded from its App Store since it opened in July.

The news comes in the form of two ads placed in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

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The ads highlight some of the applications available for the iPhone, but the print on the bottom of the ads reveal some new, previously unreleased, information.

In addition to the 300 million apps download, Apple also confirms that the App Store also passed the 10,000 app mark in the store.

The App Store opened almost five months ago on July 11, 2008 with 500 apps available for download. As of the last earnings announcement, Apple reported 200 million downloads of its then 5,500 apps.

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Comments received


RealityCheck said on Sat, 06 Dec 2008

What a useless boast! It does not say how many were free and how many they sold.

the main man said on Sun, 07 Dec 2008

who cares about free or paid, the fact that people are downloading the apps and interacting with the site is the main thing for Apple

Tina said on Sun, 07 Dec 2008

Yea, a useless boast. It means nothing.

My iPhone has wiped three times and each time I install the same downloads.

Cynics for a reason? said on Mon, 08 Dec 2008

Such cynics. I feel sorry for you. To hate Apple so much. :-(

300,000,000 app down loads for apple. 300,000,000 dollars that Microsoft spent to convince you that Vista does not suck.

I wonder which one is better for a company. ???

Just a thought. :-)
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Tina said on Mon, 08 Dec 2008

@Cynics for a reason?

What part of the following sentence makes me an Apple hater?

"My iPhone has wiped three times and each time I install the same downloads."

I bought the phone, it has wiped everything 3 times. I re-installed it each time giving Apple false figures.

Why do you bring up Vista? Why are you such an arse?

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