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Apple usually isn’t shy about its products or its services. Case in point, the first WWDC banner displayed in San Francisco’s Moscone Center pays homage to the AppStore’s unrivalled success in the past year. The banner declares that “One Year Later” Apple’s AppStore is “Light Years Ahead.” If that’s not classic Apple-style, we don’t know what is.
Photo credit: Adam Jackson
For those not all caught up on their Apple news, the iPhone’s AppStore recently surpassed the 1 billion downloads mark with ease. Less than a year after its launch, iPhone customers downloaded over 1 billion iPhone (and iPod Touch) applications from the AppStore. That kind of adoption is still just a twinkle in the eyes of Nokia and BlackBerry.
Well done, Apple. Continue patting yourselves on the back.
About The Author
Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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