{"id":190,"date":"2009-01-16T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vhirsch.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/16\/apple-appstore-rises-and-rises-now-past-500-million-downloads\/"},"modified":"2012-04-25T14:48:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:48:01","slug":"apple-appstore-rises-and-rises-now-past-500-million-downloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/16\/apple-appstore-rises-and-rises-now-past-500-million-downloads\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple AppStore Rises and Rises: Now Past 500 Million Downloads!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/SXDVLZ4X8pI\/AAAAAAAADvU\/JE7Y6_HVvFc\/s1600-h\/iphone2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;cursor:hand;width:122px;height:200px;margin:0 10px 10px 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/SXDVLZ4X8pI\/AAAAAAAADvU\/JE7Y6_HVvFc\/s200\/iphone2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>It is quite breathtaking: it took them 3 months to <a href=\"http:\/\/volkersthoughts.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/apples-app-store-rockets-through-100m.html\">hit 100m<\/a>. Then, only 5 weeks after they <a href=\"http:\/\/volkersthoughts.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/iphone-content-is-recession-proof-too.html\">announced<\/a> that they went past 300 million downloads, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\">Apple<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2009\/01\/16\/apple-500-million-iphone-apps-downloaded\">announced<\/a> that they just raced past 500 million. This means 200 million downloads in 5 weeks, 40 million per week, 5.7 million per day or 4,000 per minute! Get that! Whilst numbers don&#8217;t equate to happiness, I sincerely hope that <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-13579_3-10143206-37.html?tag=mncol;txt\">Steve Jobs<\/a> will be taking some comfort from this and recover well.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I will not tire of harping about the (nigh) flawless end-to-end experience that enables that: a gaming experience that <a href=\"http:\/\/volkersthoughts.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/ipod-touch-mounts-handheld-gaming.html\">challenges<\/a> &#8220;traditional&#8221; handheld gaming devices like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nintendo_DS\">Nintendo DS<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PlayStation_Portable\">Sony PSP<\/a>, an interface that promotes games beyond the hardcore crowd, connectivity that allows &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketgamer.co.uk\/r\/iPhone\/feature.asp?c=10994\">social gaming<\/a>&#8221; to evolve (see also here), and a purchase experience that does not force a user through onerous double-digit-click orgies and various ominous warnings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So despite the fact that we still do not have clearer numbers illuminating the underlying commercials of the average application and game on their, I tip my hat, I take a bow, I applaud&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is quite breathtaking: it took them 3 months to hit 100m. Then, only 5 weeks after they announced that they went past 300 million downloads, Apple announced that they just raced past 500 million. This means 200 million downloads in 5 weeks, 40 million per week, 5.7 million per day or 4,000 per minute! 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