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This isn’t offical, hence the question mark at the end of the title. However, according to 148Apps.com, which keeps a running count of all the iPhone app submissions, more than 25,000 applications have been submitted to the Apple AppStore since May 2008. More precisely, at the moment of this writing the total number was 26,024!
Now I wonder why Apple is quiet about this. When I visited their iPhone page today, it said “15,000 apps. And counting.” Maybe they don’t count all the “Lite” version, which will possibly dissapear once they introduce the free trial system. Now I’m speculating, without any insider knowledge. It’s just the feature many developers and users would like to see in place.
Anyway, way to go Apple! Within less than two years, more apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch were developed than for many of the well established smartphone platforms!
As a reminder, a month before we reported that AppStore reached the 20,000 app milestone.
[Via: JustAnotherIphoneBlog]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
