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Sun, Mar 14, 2010 - 01:21 AM EST — AAPL: 226.60 (+1.10, +0.49%) | NASDAQ: 2367.66 (-0.80, -0.03%)

NY Times’ Pogue: ‘So many iPhone apps, so little time’

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 03:54 PM EST

David Pogue reports for The New York Times, "There are now 15,000 programs available on the App Store..."

MacDailyNews Note: Make that "over 18,000," Dave. We know, it's hard to keep up!

Pogue continues, "...and so many more are flooding in that Apple’s army of screeners can’t even keep up."

MacDailyNews Note: Uh, yeah. Sorry, we'll read ahead next time.

Pogue continues, "I keep meaning to write a thoughtful, thorough roundup of the very best of these amazing programs, but every day that I don’t do it, the job becomes more daunting. (But don’t worry. I’ll get around to it.)"

"For the moment, let’s use a single program as a case study. It’s one of the most magical programs I’ve ever seen for the iPhone, and probably for any computer. It’s Ocarina, named after the ancient clay wind instrument," Pogue reports.

"The best part of this story isn’t just that someone has turned a cellphone, for crying out loud, into a musical instrument with fantastic expressive potential. It’s that hundreds of thousands of people have bought this program in just a few months–for $1 apiece," Pogue writes.

"Apple, which runs the store, keeps 30 percent of each sale," Pogue reminds. "Even so, Ocarina demonstrates that a programmer can make a staggering amount of money from the iPhone store. It’s a crazy new software model that I don’t remember seeing anywhere else."

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Citymark" for the heads up.]

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Feb 05, 09 - 04:09 pm Comment from: Alexo

Wacko-the-diddly-O. 1st!

Feb 05, 09 - 04:10 pm Comment from: Jersey_Trader

"It’s a crazy new software model that I don’t remember seeing anywhere else." and that is why there are no iPhone killers. It isn't just about the features of the device!

Feb 05, 09 - 04:17 pm Comment from: Grrrilla

I'm working on an app called Skinflute.

Feb 05, 09 - 04:17 pm Comment from: ron

When you blow into the connector of your iPhone to play the 'Ocarina', does it eventually corrode the workings of the phone?

Feb 05, 09 - 04:28 pm Comment from: HazMatt

Well, technically you blow into the microphone, which may or may not be in the dock connector area (I can't tell). But I doubt blowing on it would damage the phone in any real way. Funnily enough, I just played happy birthday on my phone not three minutes before reading this story!

Feb 05, 09 - 04:31 pm Comment from: The Muffin Man

As with all other wind instruments, you probably have to give it a good shake to get all the spittle out.

Feb 05, 09 - 05:22 pm Comment from: Unapologetic Atheist

Now can Apple release a software update that allows for some sort of app management system!!!! Like...FOLDERS or something?! I'm sick of flicking through 7 pages of apps and I've actually stopped adding all but the most essential ones precisely because of this!

Feb 05, 09 - 05:26 pm Comment from: Missy Pants

2010 iPhone;
Now with spit valve!

Feb 05, 09 - 05:33 pm Comment from: jackspratt

fart app
fart app
fart app
game
fart app
fart app
game
fart app
fart app
fart app
fart app
something useful
fart app
fart app...

Feb 05, 09 - 06:15 pm Comment from: Jim

The iPhone needs folders!

Feb 05, 09 - 08:25 pm Comment from: Spark

v3 of the iPhone will include a spit valve.

Feb 05, 09 - 08:26 pm Comment from: Spark

Sorry Missy Pants, didn't see your post til I hit the submit button. I concede your spit valve got here first.

Feb 05, 09 - 09:32 pm Comment from: bah

+1 to jackspratt

Feb 05, 09 - 11:26 pm Comment from: beatboxrob

personally i like the skinflute idea.. lololol

Feb 05, 09 - 11:28 pm Comment from: beatboxrob

...
but what happens when you shake it?
uhoh

Feb 06, 09 - 12:08 am Comment from: twilightmoon

jacksprat

You left out:

tip calculator
flashlight app
diet calculator app
social networking app
call mom app

Feb 06, 09 - 05:38 am Comment from: SKY LARK

I want a calibrated light meter ... somehow.

Feb 06, 09 - 10:17 am Comment from: Big Al

Folders are so Zune like.

Surely Apple can come up with something better.

Perhaps a garbage icon/folder where you can drag all the crappy free apps you download and never use more than once.

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