Clearly you didn't see how quickly it went from 999,995,000 to 1 billion, I only had time to buy like 9 or 10 in that amount of time.
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App Store Reaches Milestone: One Billion Apps Downloaded
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Clearly you didn't see how quickly it went from 999,995,000 to 1 billion, I only had time to buy like 9 or 10 in that amount of time.
Yeah I only entered this thing once. I said "forget about this - I know there's going to be thousands of people a day doing this nonstop so I'ma just try once and leave it alone so the rest of the people can lose their lives over it."
Wouldn't it be something, though, if I won? lol
Wouldn't it be something, though, if I won? lol
Winner
According to the rules. none of the entries before the 1 billionth counted. "The winner shall be the person who downloads the billionth app, or the person who submits a non-purchase entry directly after the 999,999,999th app has been downloaded." Sorry to say but there was only one entry that counted
According to the rules. none of the entries before the 1 billionth counted. "The winner shall be the person who downloads the billionth app, or the person who submits a non-purchase entry directly after the 999,999,999th app has been downloaded." Sorry to say but there was only one entry that counted
BrownManUPS
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Pika
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kockgunner
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So is the winner the first person to download an app after the billionth download? Or is it a draw from the downloads before the billionth download? The rules contradict itself.
yoyo5280
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Powerslave
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sammich
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Well all you need is iTunes...if you won, you'd have an iPod Touch to then download these apps.
Would Apple be willing to trade the 17" for a Mac Pro?
gusapple
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mac*jedi*g
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sk8mash
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gusapple
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The Apple counter lied! (a little)
I watched the counter from my Mac and my iPhone from both the iTunes store and the billion APP counter web page. I noticed a few days ago that the counter was running at different speeds and correcting forward and backwards. So I ran a list of time verses counts and figured out they are most likely taking a tally and some average number of downloads over time and seeding the web page counter with these numbers. On Tuesday night I estimated that the 1B APP would hit around dinner time (East Coast) on Thursday. Depending on when you looked at the counter it could have been several day either way.
I started buying APPS at 999,750,000 figuring that there would be a surge and the APP counter was increasing about 5300 APP per minute. What was interesting is that my iPhone while refreshing the APP store showed 999,935,000 and then a few second later it showed 1,000,000,000. That's fine except that the web page counters were still counting (even with refreshing) for about another 8 minutes, so I kept downloading APP's until all the counters agreed.
I would be interesting to see actual stats of the surge. I only noticed a very slight delay on the counter image towards the end which I figured out was updated every minute.
I watched the counter from my Mac and my iPhone from both the iTunes store and the billion APP counter web page. I noticed a few days ago that the counter was running at different speeds and correcting forward and backwards. So I ran a list of time verses counts and figured out they are most likely taking a tally and some average number of downloads over time and seeding the web page counter with these numbers. On Tuesday night I estimated that the 1B APP would hit around dinner time (East Coast) on Thursday. Depending on when you looked at the counter it could have been several day either way.
I started buying APPS at 999,750,000 figuring that there would be a surge and the APP counter was increasing about 5300 APP per minute. What was interesting is that my iPhone while refreshing the APP store showed 999,935,000 and then a few second later it showed 1,000,000,000. That's fine except that the web page counters were still counting (even with refreshing) for about another 8 minutes, so I kept downloading APP's until all the counters agreed.
I would be interesting to see actual stats of the surge. I only noticed a very slight delay on the counter image towards the end which I figured out was updated every minute.
BrownManUPS
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HLdan
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Novaoblivion
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BAH it's not a friggen draw! The winner is notified within 3 days, and the apple site will update witht he winner in approx ten days. The only way there is a draw is if there is identical time stamps on the 1 billionth app download!