Software Developers Get Opportunity With Apple iPhone

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Software Developers Get Opportunity With Apple iPhone

engine

1:38 pm on Jul 10, 2008 (gmt 0)

Software Developers [online.wsj.com]Get Opportunity With Apple iPhone

A much-anticipated new version of the iPhone will go on sale Friday, but Apple Inc. will at the same time take the wraps off another offering that could have a more lasting impact on the mobile phone business.
The Cupertino, Calif., company will open its App Store, an online bazaar that will attempt to do for mobile applications like games, reference guides and other software what Apple's iTunes Store has done for music. Software developers and analysts say Apple's method of distributing mobile applications -- along with sophisticated capabilities of the iPhone -- represent one of the most ambitious efforts yet to refashion mobile phones into something closer to personal computers.

travelin cat

2:29 pm on Jul 10, 2008 (gmt 0)

More than 500 new applications will be available at the iPhone App Store tomorrow following the launch of the new phone.

Apple App Store [apple.com]

cmarshall

4:04 pm on Jul 10, 2008 (gmt 0)

We're seriously looking at this. We think the iPhone will present a platform as significant as the Mac or Windows.

travelin cat

4:41 pm on Jul 14, 2008 (gmt 0)

We're looking at this as well. There are infinite possibilities.

Apparently the new app store is a major hit with over 10 million apps downloaded over the opening weekend. This from Steve Jobs:

"The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days,” said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs. "Developers have created some extraordinary applications, and the App Store can wirelessly deliver them to every iPhone and iPod touch user instantly.”

Some of the apps I downloaded are absolutely great and very useful, others (flashlight) not so much...

Hugene

2:12 pm on Jul 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

We keep talking about G's Machiavellik plans, Y's denmise and M$ evil past (present). During that time Apple snack-up behind us, and the results could be surprising. Go ask a music executive what he really thinks about iTunes Store: sure it sells them a lot of music, but how would you feel if your merchandise was distributed by a single source?