Not to be Mr. Doomsday, but it's like 1 in 1 million chance...Or more..
But still, VERY COOL! Worth a try.
But still, VERY COOL! Worth a try.
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Apple Launches '1 Billion App Countdown' Promotion
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The countdown is around 927,000,000, that means there are 73,000,000 (1,000,000,000 - 927,000,000) apps left to be downloaded. If it keeps the average of 25 apps per second, it will take 2,920,000 (73,000,000 / 25) seconds, or 33.79 days (2,920,000 / 60 / 60 / 24) until we reach one billion apps downloaded - mark your calendars for May 13-ish
Fake!
This 1 billion counter is a fake and I can prove it. Change your computer time to around May 20, 2009. You'll see it go over 1 billion.
You Try...
This 1 billion counter is a fake and I can prove it. Change your computer time to around May 20, 2009. You'll see it go over 1 billion.
You Try...
Just in time for me to download Apps for my New, New iPhone.
Maybe it'll pay for itself.
The application said I entered too many times( 25 per day limit) although I only downloaded an update( do those count?) and did one on the entry form. I do not know how 2=25.
i entered once then tried again and it also said i entered too many times.
At least I have a chance then, I imagine I'll try a few new free apps. I don't feel I need to buy anything new seeing as I just did a few days ago, a little early, but still.
I believe this is the same as other promotions for iTunes.
how is Apple counting?
I don't have an iPhone, nor do I use iTunes other than for my local music library... aren't the "apps" only for iPhones and iTouches?
I would have to assume that the counting process that lead up to 1 billion takes into account:
-People that download the same app more than once (for whatever reason...they deleted it, uninstalled it, got a newer version)
-Apps that come out with a new version count again (so if I download 1.0 then 1.01 and then 1.02 that counts as 3 downloads)
1 billion is a great achievement but it would be nice to know how they Apple is counting. Because we're talking about, for example, 1 million users buying an average of 1000 apps each (yea, right)...or 10 million users buying 100 apps each (still no way, jose)...or 100 million users (they don't even exist). So what's the math, Apple?
My question has no effect on that this is a great promotion and price package.
-Eric
I don't have an iPhone, nor do I use iTunes other than for my local music library... aren't the "apps" only for iPhones and iTouches?
I would have to assume that the counting process that lead up to 1 billion takes into account:
-People that download the same app more than once (for whatever reason...they deleted it, uninstalled it, got a newer version)
-Apps that come out with a new version count again (so if I download 1.0 then 1.01 and then 1.02 that counts as 3 downloads)
1 billion is a great achievement but it would be nice to know how they Apple is counting. Because we're talking about, for example, 1 million users buying an average of 1000 apps each (yea, right)...or 10 million users buying 100 apps each (still no way, jose)...or 100 million users (they don't even exist). So what's the math, Apple?
My question has no effect on that this is a great promotion and price package.
-Eric
The winner is the 1 B downloader
It is clear who wins:
The prize will be awarded for the entry (either through an app download or through the non-purchase online entry) sent immediately following the download of the 999,999,999th app. The potential winner will be determined by the order of the entries received. In the event that more than one entrant would be a winner based on the simultaneous timing of entries, one entrant will be randomly selected from those entrants as the winner.
This means the 999,999,999 downloader is the first loser, then if
you download the next app
or submit the next non purchase form
You win!
Don't waste time filling out the form now, it is not a lucky dip (nice term, but not well known in US)
It is a mad race to be # 1B, that is the winner. It is not a random draw.
It is clear who wins:
The prize will be awarded for the entry (either through an app download or through the non-purchase online entry) sent immediately following the download of the 999,999,999th app. The potential winner will be determined by the order of the entries received. In the event that more than one entrant would be a winner based on the simultaneous timing of entries, one entrant will be randomly selected from those entrants as the winner.
This means the 999,999,999 downloader is the first loser, then if
you download the next app
or submit the next non purchase form
You win!
Don't waste time filling out the form now, it is not a lucky dip (nice term, but not well known in US)
It is a mad race to be # 1B, that is the winner. It is not a random draw.
This is an incredibly clever scheme to raise the amount of apps bought to 1 billion. Clever
"clever"? Come on...this is Marketing 101...
Great contest but by no means clever.
This 1 billion counter is a fake and I can prove it. Change your computer time to around May 20, 2009. You'll see it go over 1 billion.
You Try...
Actually, that says 110,244,508 it's just that the ,'s are in the wrong place.
aah, the entry form crashed upon submitting.
Mine too
But there's no point in downloading now, cause only # 1 billion actually wins. Also, remember that the counter on the apple page is fake (look few posts/pages back), so to all those people calculating when it will happen, you guess is as good as mine You don't understand the form does not count unless you submit it after the 999,999,999 app is downloaded. The form does not increase the count, and you are wasting effort in filling out the form. It does nothing unless you submit it at the exact time. I believe this is a legal requirement that all 'games' like this have an option for user submission with a chance to win without purchase.
Read the fine print again. The winner is person #1B rather that be the downloader or form submitter after 999,999,999.
Download away to get closer to 1B, but your chances don't increase.
Anyone want to place bets on the servers crashing near 999,000,000
If the counter is going at 25/s, then downloads are actually going faster, assuming the counter loads the first time at (approximately) the right number. If you leave the counter going for a bit, look at the in the 100s column, and quickly reload the page, it just quite a bit further ahead. So the time it'll take to reach 1B could be sooner than people are calculating?
To all concerned about counter: of course it is fake, do you really expect it to update in real time? See the above quote.
Can any one second the idea that the counter is updated hourly. Anyway to pull info when the counter is updated by a push from apple, rather than a fixed counter. I think they did something similar for the itunes, that actually showed the variation of downloads with time and gave a good guess of when the target would be hit.