April 23, 2009 Apple hits 1 billion iPhone appsPosted: 06:02 PM ET
The billionth iPhone app was downloaded from Apple's App Store shortly after 5 p.m. ET today. All of those App Store downloads took place in only 9 months, so that's about 5.5 million iPhone app downloads per day, on average. ![]() It's clear that the iPhone and its many applications are a key part of our culture and the way people communicate with each other these days. TechCrunch has some more on the speed of the iPhone global takeover (and a hilarious McDonald's spin-off headline: "1 billion served"):
The Silicon Alley Insider also wrote about the pace of downloads - and the sheer volume. By their estimate, the average iPhone user has 30 apps:
The race to 1 billion stalled the iPhone app store for a bit this afternoon, tuaw.com writes:
In honor of the milestone, I pulled in a few lists of the best iPhone apps. What do you all think of them? Tell us in the comments. Current most-downloaded list: from Apple How do you use iPhone apps? What’s your favorite? Tell us about your iPhone app experience! Posted by: John D. Sutter -- CNN.com writer/producer |
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