New addiction courtesy of Apple’s App Store for iPhone, iPod touch: Appiphilia
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 03:01 PM EST
"I have been obsessively logging in to iTunes," Maltais explains. "It's not about the songs, audiobooks, TV shows or movies. It's all about the apps."
"My problem started gently with the free apps," Maltais reports. "They're free, right? So a Mobile Banking and Pandora Radio app here, a Facebook and AIM app there. Shazam, Truveo, Mobile News Network. Download as many as you want. Maybe browse through some of the other App Store offerings while the phone is syncing. What's the harm?"
"That's how appiphilia starts," Maltais writes. "The free apps were a wonderful appetizer. But..."
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