Apple’s App Store Downloads Top Two Billion
Posted by ExtendLogic PR on Tue, Sep 29, 2009
CUPERTINO, California—September 28, 2009—Apple® today announced thatmore than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionaryApp Store, the largest applications store in the world. There are nowmore than 85,000 apps available to the more than 50 million iPhone™ andiPod touch® customers worldwide and over 125,000 developers in Apple’siPhone Developer Program.
“The rate of App Store downloads continues to accelerate with usersdownloading a staggering two billion apps in just over a year,including more than half a billion apps this quarter alone,” said SteveJobs, Apple’s CEO. “The App Store has reinvented what you can do with amobile handheld device, and our users are clearly loving it.”
Today, iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries worldwide canchoose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, includinggames, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. With therecently introduced iTunes® 9, it’s now easier than ever to organizeand sync your apps right in iTunes and they will automatically appearon your iPhone or iPod touch with the same layout.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution inthe 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industryin innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating systemand iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading thedigital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video playersand iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market withits revolutionary iPhone.