Mossberg takes shopping trip in Apple’s App Store for iPhone and iPod touch
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 10:40 AM EST
"The single best feature in Apple's second-generation iPhone 3G isn't the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature. It is something called the 'App Store,' a clever distribution mechanism for third-party programs that can run on the iPhone and on its close cousin, the iPod touch. And you don't even need a new iPhone to get the App Store. It is also part of a free software upgrade for older iPhones and a $10 upgrade for the touch," Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret report for The Wall Street Journal.
"In just the first 10 days since the new iPhone and the App Store launched on July 11, more than 900 programs -- applications, or "apps," in tech jargon -- have been introduced by numerous developers. Over 90% cost less than $10 or are free," Mossberg and Boehret report.
"Even more noteworthy: iPhone and Touch users have downloaded 25 million copies of these programs, ranging from silly sound effects to challenging games; from news readers to restaurant locators; from social-networking programs to business applications," Mossberg and Boehret report.
"We have been furiously downloading and trying out scores of these programs, using a new iPhone 3G, an original iPhone and an iPod Touch, and in general, we are very impressed. We found the process of choosing and downloading apps to be easy and quick, and most of the programs to be useful or entertaining. The vast majority are nicely designed, with great graphics and effective, simple user interfaces," Mossberg and Boehret report.
"Apple's baby isn't the first smart phone that has attracted developers," Mossberg and Boehret report. "Thousands of third-party programs already exist for Nokia phones, BlackBerrys, and phones running the Palm and Windows Mobile operating systems. But, compared with the graphically rich, snappy iPhone apps -- many of which fetch data from the Internet at high speed -- the typical program on these older platforms looks positively primitive."
Much more, including closer looks at several apps that Mossberg and Boehret like, here.
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Booyakasha!
Do I hear extra bloody bloodbaths on the way?
For example, have developer's put the Xbox on the backburner for now?
Have they done the same for all the other so called "Smartphones"?
Oh I do love a good bloodbath story!!!!!