CNet is reporting today that the App Store has reached yet another milestone: 100,000 apps. That's just phenomenal. Well over 20,000 are games. By way of comparison, as of September, Nintendo DS had 3,500 titles and Sony PSP 600. The range of apps is astonishing. Every day I get press releases for apps for very specialized purposes. Just today they've included apps for insurance claim handling, high-risk obstetrics — and translating a baby's cries (Cry Translator). The latter app works by using the microphone to listen to the crying sound of your baby and then tells you which of five things you're baby is communicating: hungry, sleepy, annoyed, stressed, or bored.
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App Store hits 100,000 apps, over 2 billion downloads
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 Jim Karpen holds a Ph.D. in literature and writing, and has a love of gizmos. His doctoral dissertation focused on the revolutionary consequences of digital technologies and anticipated some of the developments taking place in the industry today. Jim has been writing about the Internet and technology since 1994 and has been using Apple's visionary products for decades. Old Comments |
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Amazing!
It's stunning, and in regard to those games, for a number of them that are on DS or PSP - you can get them for substantially less in the App store. I know it has a lot of industry folks scratching their heads how to make money, or at least as much.