iPhone Apps Store opens Thursday with more than 500 apps (*Launched!)
Steve Jobs told USA Today that the Apple App Store will launch with "more than 500" applications Thursday night for the iPhone and iPod touch. Of these, 25% will be free and 90% (of those for sale) will cost $9.99 or less. "This is the biggest launch of my career," said Jobs.
Analyst Tim Bajarin at Creative Strategies said, "When IBM introduced the PC, it was good, but it didn't take off until people started discovering the software." It's these apps then, he adds, that will "dramatically differentiates the iPhone" from Treos and BlackBerrys.
Indeed, while consumers are focused on the launch of the iPhone 3G device, it's the App Store which has analysts in such a tizzy.
@BrainOpera summarises - More than 500 iPhone applications at launch. 34% games (~160), 25% applications (~125) will be free, while 90% apps at $9.99 or less.
Source USAToday
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posted by Jorbb @ 3:21 PM
2 Comments:
At July 10, 2008 4:16 PM ,
oOFooi said...
Affordable. I guess it would help to boost iPhone sale too.
At July 10, 2008 4:59 PM ,
Shen said...
Yes, essentially, they are moving away from selling iphones as a commodity and selling the experience of having the iphone and accompanying services like ME and Apps. There's only a 1 time profit from selling the iphone, but there'll be continual profits from selling apps / ME.
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