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Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Available on the App Store
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Hip Hip Huraa!!
You really must think that Apple is religion, dear Apple fan!
You have only couple errors here.
1. Quality apps.
Where do you find quality if 95-98% is total garbage e.g. "FART" apps?
2. Adjusting pricing for economics of scale.
Are you serious? Really? Current pricing downturn will make 98% app development unprofitable even with "economics of scale". Or maybe it is still profitable somewhere in India and some other even lower income areas.
Btw. Huge success for iPhone in China. First weekend and 5000 sold! What an achievement in country with much more than 1,3 BILLION people.
Oh yeah!
Glad Apple is moving so strong.
Big Thanks to the developers for making quality apps and adjusting pricing for economies of scale!
Rock on!
You really must think that Apple is religion, dear Apple fan!
You have only couple errors here.
1. Quality apps.
Where do you find quality if 95-98% is total garbage e.g. "FART" apps?
2. Adjusting pricing for economics of scale.
Are you serious? Really? Current pricing downturn will make 98% app development unprofitable even with "economics of scale". Or maybe it is still profitable somewhere in India and some other even lower income areas.
Btw. Huge success for iPhone in China. First weekend and 5000 sold! What an achievement in country with much more than 1,3 BILLION people.
Heh... and every single one of them will miss the irony that the same abundance of software argument was used in favor of Windows over the Mac.
It never ends, does it?
I just find posts like this ridiculous on a Mac forum. Makes you seriously wonder where the loyalty is. It also makes you wonder who's a troll?
HLdan said:
The problem in your logic is that you are somehow "making a "Almost all apps in there suck" comment into a "ONE UP FOR MS, SCREW APPLE" comment.
Loyalty, trolls? What kind of world do you live in where you cannot question or criticize something you own or something you are part of?
regardless if you think that its a full OS or not, i don't think any one would disagree there were some issues at launch. That doesn't mean they are not expected with a new release, however the notion that apple "could cease software development and be ten years ahead of microsoft" is a laughable. whats wrong with public "beta/release candidate" for the masses to troubleshoot issues like flash,software compatability, etc? i think that would have allowed SL to be as successful as possible both critically and also revenue wise. I personally am not going to upgrade my wifes late 2008 MB to SL as i have seen nothing conclusive to mandate the switch.
What happened to Snow Leopard?
LOL at some of these jealous dudes, as I said cue the app store is full of crap folks.
Which is what you post when you've got nothing else.
Paul Thurrott, "Mr. Windows", actually said that. Priceless.
How could I *not* make that my sig??
+1
Microsoft is the most-used OS in the world (highest number), but Apple has always touted "it's about quality". Now Apple is touting a high number in apps available.
When Microsoft's Zune HD gets to 100,000 apps, fanboys here will say "pfft, most of them are crap". Meanwhile, I'm sure Apple will be up to 250,000.
I WILL say I'm proud of the posters here pointing out the fact that of the 100 grand here, a large bulk are crap apps.
lol You guys give me hope in clarity.
Hm. A hundred thousand apps, and I've settled on three useful ones.
Airsharing
FourTrack
Fieldrunners
Hmmm.
Airsharing
FourTrack
Fieldrunners
Hmmm.
Agreed. Stupid Apple, they should have told the Chinese government to go get stuffed, cause as a mighty American corporation, they answer to no one!
And the vast majority are without significant function or bordering on porn, which I thought wasn't allowed anyway.
Each time I visit the App I get a little more disappointed
Each time I visit the App I get a little more disappointed
I'm sure that's quite a relief for the competition. And here we thought they had something to worry about . . .
Bu then who would manufacture their superior American corporation device
Ooh! I know, I know! The great American workforce! All those skilled laborers and manufacturing whizzes that made the industrial revolution so profitable!
We'll just pull our grandparents generation back out of their graves and tell them to get back to work.
This is insightful. I'm a .NET developer who has been playing with Objective-C & Cocoa Touch to try iPhone app development. It's been a pleasant experience and has made me more open to work on full-fledged Mac apps.
What's with this lately? Last time I checked, this wasn't Digg (thank @#$%&* God!)
Microsoft is the most-used OS in the world (highest number), but Apple has always touted "it's about quality". Now Apple is touting a high number in apps available.
When Microsoft's Zune HD gets to 100,000 apps, fanboys here will say "pfft, most of them are crap". Meanwhile, I'm sure Apple will be up to 250,000.
I WILL say I'm proud of the posters here pointing out the fact that of the 100 grand here, a large bulk are crap apps.
And as I have pointed out, those arguing that most of the apps are crap (usually without any convincing evidence for that statement) appear to ignore the fact that for years and years, Windows advocates used the plethora of software on Microsoft's platform as a primary argument against using a Mac. They still do, as a matter of fact.
The fanboy thing goes both ways. I don't get people who attack one way or the other. It's all annoying. Both sides contradict themselves.
BTW, if even 10% of the App Store consists of quality apps (and from what I've seen, that a very conservative guess) that still gives users a solid 10,000 quality apps to pick from--still well ahead of the nearest competitor.
So, instead of balking at sour grapes or playing the fanboy card, why don't you sit back and enjoy this interesting new direction that personal computing is taking and recognize it for the milestone that it is. You (and others) might gain a better perspective and wouldn't feel the need to go around trying to make everyone miserable.
Methinks you haven't looked very hard.
(Though Fieldrunners does remain one of my all-time favorites).
+1
Yeah, but, um, this is about Apple, so it's, you know, different.
Just like with the Nintendo Wii. A large software collection is derided by the Redmond Horde as "shovelware" while the Xbox (bask in the red glow!) is praised for its large number of software titles vs. the PS3.
Microsoft fanboys don't own mirrors.
And let's give a warm welcome to our latest "I just joined MacRumors so I could spit and sputter about Apple and its customers and/or praise its competition" member! It's nice to see the club continue to grow.
great news for apple and the iphone! the main reason why the iphone will continue to be a success
Yeh. I've probably bought a dozen apps or so total, but most just sat & took up space after the first week. Maybe if I had more time than just a minute here or there, i'd be able to do more, but with two businesses to run, I still haven't found time to even use 4track yet. It takes me a month to finish a fieldrunners game, though, I do have that one down pat after all this time. Need more maps, weapons, & levels!
With 10,000 downloads a day, worldwide customer response to our I Am T-Pain App has exceeded our wildest expectations, said Jeff Smith, CEO of Smule. The App Store has given us a unique opportunity to create and grow a very successful business, and were looking forward to an exciting future.
I wonder if Smule's pleased with the recent bug that took their app from #22 in the US overall to nowhere in the top 100? Great timing for this apple...
Hopefully apple fixes it quick since my app's magically disappeared from the "paid" top 100's in 10 minutes 6 months of hard work goes away thanks to an apple bug. Will there be a press release? Nope. Ah, that games we play in Apple's sandbox.
(P.S. Don't think I'm whining... well, I am but mistakes happen, and would happen in any app store... but usually you have a phone number to call someone and say "hey, something bad is going on, can you tell me what?" Not so with Apple... Fortunately, I'm sure Smule DOES have that phone number and I'd bet they're using it...
I wonder if Smule's pleased with the recent bug that took their app from #22 in the US overall to nowhere in the top 100? Great timing for this apple...
Hopefully apple fixes it quick since my app's magically disappeared from the "paid" top 100's in 10 minutes 6 months of hard work goes away thanks to an apple bug. Will there be a press release? Nope. Ah, that games we play in Apple's sandbox.
(P.S. Don't think I'm whining... well, I am but mistakes happen, and would happen in any app store... but usually you have a phone number to call someone and say "hey, something bad is going on, can you tell me what?" Not so with Apple... Fortunately, I'm sure Smule DOES have that phone number and I'd bet they're using it...
I always like good welcome, but
Thanks, I always like warm welcomes!
Did I praise competition?
I just hate religious type behavior with any business.
Which one of my remarks were false?
1. Most of apps are total crap?
2. Prices of apps are going down faster that customer base is growing?
3. First weekend in China sold only 5000 iPhones
4. If you announce 100000 apps, why can't you tell how many of those are not free? Free downloads does not mean anything.
5. If you announce 2 billion downloads and won't tell how many of those apps are from NOT FREE apps, why should I believe that there is any business at all?
In long run only tiny amount of NOT FREE apps means that there will not be many good apps
I just don't understand why so many support Apple, which is trying to build NOT free economy and prevent consumers making their own decisions what apps they want to use in their own devices. But that is normal for most US companies, double moral "christian" standards that are not really supported by christians US citizens, except in public forum.
Yes, I understand that US has not been free market for long long time. Simple answer to following question answers that: What is first employee that you need to hire when you want to bring your company and products to US market? Answer: LAWYER. In other markets first employee should be Sales Person. OK, maybe it is laweyr and sales person in US, but I think that you see my point.
At least in Europe we do not accept companies to make these decisions, we accept only real free speech and choice.
And let's give a warm welcome to our latest "I just joined MacRumors so I could spit and sputter about Apple and its customers and/or praise its competition" member! It's nice to see the club continue to grow.
Thanks, I always like warm welcomes!
Did I praise competition?
I just hate religious type behavior with any business.
Which one of my remarks were false?
1. Most of apps are total crap?
2. Prices of apps are going down faster that customer base is growing?
3. First weekend in China sold only 5000 iPhones
4. If you announce 100000 apps, why can't you tell how many of those are not free? Free downloads does not mean anything.
5. If you announce 2 billion downloads and won't tell how many of those apps are from NOT FREE apps, why should I believe that there is any business at all?
In long run only tiny amount of NOT FREE apps means that there will not be many good apps
I just don't understand why so many support Apple, which is trying to build NOT free economy and prevent consumers making their own decisions what apps they want to use in their own devices. But that is normal for most US companies, double moral "christian" standards that are not really supported by christians US citizens, except in public forum.
Yes, I understand that US has not been free market for long long time. Simple answer to following question answers that: What is first employee that you need to hire when you want to bring your company and products to US market? Answer: LAWYER. In other markets first employee should be Sales Person. OK, maybe it is laweyr and sales person in US, but I think that you see my point.
At least in Europe we do not accept companies to make these decisions, we accept only real free speech and choice.