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By far, my favorite is the Ballmer Bobblehead.

iPint!

Went on the New Zealand i-Tunes and looked over the apps. Looks like I will be spending about $30 this weekend!

I spent $50 bucks on apps today already, but even with so many great apps available, one big disappointment for me was the lack of a great Financial Management app. Would've paid up to $20 for something similar to Money or Quicken that I can track account balances and expenses with. The ones currently up just cover budgets or certain expenses, but are not a complete banking tool. Soon, I hope!

Jul 10, 08 - 03:55 pm Comment from: jarrettdailynews

Someone tell me about Ms. Pac Man. Wife is out with the iPhone, that will be the first game I get. Looks like you can control her with the accelerometer or touchpad on the lower screen.

TELL ME!!!!!!

Jul 10, 08 - 03:55 pm Comment from: ericdano

Yup. Lots of great stuff there. I'm in heaven.

Jul 10, 08 - 03:56 pm Comment from: MadMac

Apple has developed THE hottest Texas HoldEm game ever! Live action real video players. I am blown away.

With reviews like that, check RIM stock sinking.

Did anyone see anthing from Slingbox? That's the one app I need!

Jul 10, 08 - 04:26 pm Comment from: Haiku

$14.99?
Quote me: ain't no way in hell
That's just waaay too much



not for tetris, not for no one, no how

Jul 10, 08 - 04:28 pm Comment from: MaLvado

Shazam is blowing my mind.
Freaking amazing!

Jul 10, 08 - 04:30 pm Comment from: NCIceman

Man, my wallet is going to be the one crying if I don't watch it....

Sheesh, $9.99 for Ms. Pacman? Come on!

they have bomberman Touch!! OMG so many memories

Jul 10, 08 - 04:36 pm Comment from: Bunsen Honeydew

Forgive me for not having memorized all the announcements via keynotes, et al . . . . . . but what about skype? I was major shocked at Pandora.

skype . . . . . . are you there . . . . ?

. . . . . Anyone?

Hellooooooooooooooo

Bejeweled 2 is really slick.

Jul 10, 08 - 04:37 pm Comment from: nekogami13

Remote seems cool, but have no use for it.
They have a dictionary app which I need(Damn report writing!)-everything else is gravy.

"Would've paid up to $20 for something similar to Money or Quicken that I can track account balances and expenses with."

You mean 72 tip calculators aren't good enough....what a whiner.

You can share an iTunes song on up to 5 computers.

Can you share an iTunes App on more than one iPhone?

Jul 10, 08 - 04:42 pm Comment from: Spark

Got my 2.0 software installed and installed it on my 8GB first gen iPhone. Went to App Store. Realized I'm going to need a bigger boat.

Remote is AWESOME. I can now use it to control my stereo in my living room with the tunes on my computer via AirTunes.

Also Shazam is ultra cool. I was in Trader Joes today and they were playing a tune on the store sound system. I just launched the app, it told me the title, the artist and the album with the album cover. Amazing.

And, yes, $14.99 for Tetris is incredible. I would buy it for $4.99 but not a penny more.

Exactly my point. I wonder why Apple allowed for this to happen (multiple apps of pretty much the same thing), since they control all apps that are posted in the App Store. Up to three different versions of one product are alright with me, but the number of Tip Calculators now up is ridiculous.

BTW, The App Store now appears on iTunes' main page. There's also a new Privacy Statement you have to accept before downloading apps.

<drop_huge_hint>
It would be great if there was a Quicken for the iPhone...
</drop_hugh_hint>

Please check out our iEnvision software, which shows really well on the iPhone. Comics, manga, children's books, newspaper front pages... http://we-envision.com. Thanks.

Jul 10, 08 - 04:59 pm Comment from: GizmoDan

SteveJack:

How much memory did all those programs consume? Give us an idea of proportions. Thanks.

Why despair over the number of tip calculators?

It's great to have a choice in software. (I choose to do the math in my head). Plus, as the App Store is used more and more, the reviews and the number of downloads will reveal which of the choices are best.

I'd love to see a good financial program too, but I'm not surprised that one hasn't been put together in time for the App Store's debut. But I won't lay all the blame on the poor tip calculators!

Theres two apps that somehow turns your iPhone/iPod Touch into a flashlight. Only one of them is free though...

Where are the porn apps?

Jul 10, 08 - 05:32 pm Comment from: Mr. Peabody

Bye bye PDA/Smartphone; Hello hand held computer.

dotmac [or 'me.com' if you must] is still down... it's been down all day now. What gives?

Jul 10, 08 - 05:36 pm Comment from: THE.MAC.GOD

@MaLvado

Seconded... even with crappy speakers and barely 4 seconds of sample audio, it knew.

It knew.

Skynet... Originally "Shazam".

"Please check out our [snip snip], which shows really well on the iPhone...."

what,... the App Store has only been open a few hours and forum and blog comments are already getting spammed by no-name developers looking for free hits? it's not just here, I've already seen it elsewhere

sheesh!

Jul 10, 08 - 05:44 pm Comment from: JAYGEE

Some sad people out there!

Jul 10, 08 - 05:51 pm Comment from: The Other Steve

@ Maconymous

Patients, the store is only an hour or so old. Give the rest of the world a little time to write the real quality stuff.

If you build it (Apple just did) they will come (er, write)

Jul 10, 08 - 05:52 pm Comment from: The Other Steve

@ THE.MAC.GOD

Wow, and I thought I had a cool name!

I see SplashID is on the App Store - we'll that's the only old Palm app that I can't live without, so I guess it's officially goodbye to my Treo! yay!

and Netnewswire is there too (free).

I only worry that it's soon going to be hard to pick out the gems from the cruft when browsing the store - maybe only a problem in the early days until things settle down and reviews come out

Is anyone else bothered by the fact that there is like 5 different flashlight apps and only one of them is free. Who in the world would pay .99 for an app that display's a white screen!

Please Apple.. let me update my iTouch.. this is killing me..

Jul 10, 08 - 06:05 pm Comment from: ken1w

I think iTunes will be pulling in more revenue for the App Store than it does for selling and renting videos (very soon).

Jul 10, 08 - 06:12 pm Comment from: drcaddy

I AM bothered by the amount of flashlight apps that cost money! I mean, I need at LEAST four of them to illuminate different parts of my house at varied brightness levels. One free app just isn't enough. FASCISTS.

Jul 10, 08 - 06:13 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

ok... best use of Remote so far.

I'm laying in my hammock, in the backyard, drinking an arnold palmer, controlling my itunes library and playing music into my outdoor speakers.

Nice..... very nice.

Jul 10, 08 - 06:34 pm Comment from: shen

holy.... has the official 2.0 software come out yet?

Jul 10, 08 - 06:48 pm Comment from: phantasmosxmagnum

Screw Skype! I'm ready for iCall! http://icall.com/iphone/
We are part of the Apple iPhone developer program
iCall features:
Make and receive calls over WiFi
Transfer inbound calls from a regular cell call to WiFi instantly and seamlessly - save your expensive minutes
Access your same address book
Customize your voicemail options
Apple is testing us and holding back thousands of other Apps! The flood gates will probably open tomorrow or in the next several weeks as they get the best or the most unique out first. :D

Jul 10, 08 - 07:01 pm Comment from: The Other Steve

The App store has a section for "New" applications.

I think that's funny!

further to Jim TIV's comment:
"ok... best use of Remote so far.
I'm laying in my hammock, in the backyard, drinking an arnold palmer, controlling my itunes library and playing music into my outdoor speakers."

now, Airport Express and AirTunes is more useful, don't have to be anywhere near my Mac

"I'm laying in my hammock, in the backyard, drinking an arnold palmer, controlling my itunes library and playing music into my outdoor speakers."

Eight more drinks then stick the iPhone down your pants and touch navigate to Idina Menzel. That's a barn raising.

Just checked out the new iCal. Apple screwed up on this one. While the calendar now finally has colors for the different calendars on iPhone, they don't match what I have in iCal on the Mac.

Jul 10, 08 - 07:42 pm Comment from: Bunsen Honeydew

Does anyone KNOW (no guesses or assumptions) if the AIM client uses SMSs for chats? What i'm saying is, can you chat in AIM without being charged a text?

I would think so, I just am a little weary of ATT and their greed. And quite excited I will no longer have to deal with BeeJive.

Jul 10, 08 - 07:49 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

This is the birth of a new PLATFORM! Can't wait to get mine!

I'm glad that OmniGroup has OmniFocus for iPhone. NOW I can finally retire my Palm TX and Brainforest, which I live by.

Jul 10, 08 - 08:48 pm Comment from: smegdude

aim client is internet based only, no sms used at all