Yesterday, Apple announced that there are now over 100,000 apps in the app store and "well over" two billion iPhone apps have been downloaded, an increase from September 28, 2009 when Apple announced 85,000 apps available and "more than" two billion apps downloaded. A little history to put this in perspective:
- 7/10/08: App Store opens
- 7/14/08: 10 million apps sold; 800 apps available (Apple PR)
- 9/9/08: 100 million apps sold; 3,000 apps available. (Apple PR)
- 10/22/08: 200 million apps sold; 5,550 apps available (Macworld)
- 12/5/08: 300 million apps sold; 10,000 apps available (iPhone J.D.)
- 1/16/09: 500 million apps sold; 15,000 apps available (iPhone J.D.)
- 3/17/09: 800 million apps sold; 25,000 apps available (Macworld)
- 4/24/09: 1 billion apps sold; 35,000 apps available (Apple PR)
- 7/14/09: 1.5 billion apps sold; 65,000 apps available (Apple PR)
- 9/28/09: "more than" 2 billion apps sold; 85,000 apps available (Apple PR)
- 11/4/09: "well over" 2 billion apps sold; 100,000 apps available (Apple PR)
And because a picture is worth a thousand words:
What apps do you use the most? Here are some of the apps that I have been using lately, along with a brief description for the ones that I have not reviewed on iPhone J.D.
- Twitterific -- Twitter client
- Quickoffice
- Documents to Go
- NotifyMe
- NetNewsWire -- Google Reader RSS client
- Wikipanion
- Facebook -- Facebook client
- DirecTV -- DirecTV client that lets you program the DVR when away from home
- FlyCast -- streams radio stations; I have been using it lately to keep up with Saints-related radio from WWL (Go Saints! Who Dat!)
- Bento
- DaysFrom
- FRCP
- La. Civil Code
- La. Civ. Pro.
- Speedtest -- test your WiFi or 3G speed
- TWiT.am -- live stream from Leo Laporte's TWIT
- Mac OS Ken -- stream episodes of the Mac OS Ken podcast, useful to listen to the newest one on the way to work even if I haven't synced my iPhone yet
- WifiTrak -- find open WiFi hotspots
- Grocery IQ -- grocery list
- iPhunny -- latest jokes from late night TV monologues
- Remote -- remote control for Apple TV
- Rock Band -- game where you play along with the music
- 2 Across - crossword game
- Bejeweled 2 -- the classic game
- AWSolitaire -- numerous solitaire games, but the only one I play is Klondike
- Peggle -- I don't play this one as much after getting to the end, but still fun
- Sokoku -- I play the version from Electronic Arts
- Ramp Champ -- my son plays this one more than I do, but I like it too
- Wurdle -- word game
