Entries in App Store (6)
Apple iPad
Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 6:30 PM 
What's a gadget blog without Apple's latest "creation". You've likely been bombarded by iPad news and discussion, so I'll just leave you with the best blog post I've found about it thus far:
http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/various_ipad_thoughts
More info about Apple's iPad
Commodore 64 Emulator App Approved for iPhone
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 8:18 AM 
Hell yeah. After initial rejection by Apple, the fully-licensed C64 emulator is now on the app store, after ditching its offending old-skool BASIC 2.0 interpreter. It only supports licensed game images sold by Manomio, but $5 gets you 5 games.
Included are Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck, and Jack Attack. With the app now live, expect more licensed games soon for about 99c to $2 each.
UPDATE: looks like Apple just pulled the plug on this app for the time being as Monoco used a little hacketty-hack to include BASIC programming "just in case". Fortunately for you fan boys, they have already resubmitted a clean version.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 3:10 PM From Mac Rumors: Apple today announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded over 1.5 billion applications in the App Store's first year of operation. There are currently over 65,000 applications available in the store.
Apple today announced that customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications in just one year from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. The App Store is also growing at an incredible pace with more than 65,000 apps and more than 100,000 developers in the iPhone™ Developer Program.
"The App Store is like nothing the industry has ever seen before in both scale and quality," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With 1.5 billion apps downloaded, it is going to be very hard for others to catch up." Apple also notes that it has sold over 40 million iPhones and iPod touches capable of running App Store applications. The App Store surpassed one billion downloads less than three months ago. Today's announcement suggests that the 500 million downloads since that time occurred two weeks faster than the previous 500 million, demonstrating continued acceleration in the download rate.
Bump iPhone App Replaces Biz Cards with A Lil' Bump 'N Grind
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 3:18 PM Aside from the obvious personal space/physical touching phobias out there, this could replace business cards depending upon the adoption rate. Developed by members of my alma mater (University of Chicago Booth School of Business), you know the coding was well though out. After seeing live, this is one of the cleanest and simplest interfaces out there, consistent with the iPhone mantra. This may just be the perfect app for those close talkers who want to get a little closer, sans Big Red. So, go bump somebody already. BumpTM makes swapping contact information as simple as bumping two phones together. No typing, no searching a list for the right person, no shaking your phone, no modem noises, no mistakes. Contact information is saved directly into your address book. Perfect for business or personal use. 1) Open BumpTM on both phones 2) While holding the phones, gently bump your hands together 3) Confirm the exchange Features:
- Compatibility: Works across any type of internet connection (3G, EDGE, WiFi) on iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch (and soon many other devices)
- Security: No one can see any of your information (not even your name) until you physically bump hands with them
- Flexibility: Select the information you want to share directly from the home screen
- Speed: Exchange contact information error-free in less than 10 seconds
App Store, Business Cards, iPhone in Phones Apple 1 Billion App Download Countdown, Get Paid!
Monday, April 13, 2009 at 2:03 PM You can enter to win a $10,000 iTunes gift card, iPod Touch, Time Capsule, and Macbook Pro without having to download an app here.
Courtesy of Mac Rumors, it shows that a little ingenuity and time can get you paid:
As part of Apple's one billion app countdown for their iTunes App Store, they have also compiled a list of the all-time top 20 apps [App Store] for both Paid and Free apps.
Perhaps most interesting is what the potential market for a very successful paid iPhone app might be. A few numbers have been released for some of the top iPhone apps that gives us an idea of the numbers involved. Here is a collection of the known sales numbers for some of the top 20 paid apps. App titles link directly to App Store.
#2. Koi Pond - The New York Times published just a few days ago reveals that Blimp Pilots' virtual pond app has been downloaded an estimated 900,000 times giving the developers about $623,000 after Apple's cut.
#3. Enigmo - Pangea's puzzle game appeared early in the App Store. Pangea's Brian Greenstone recently revealed in a YouTube video that Enigmo sold 810,000 units between July 2008 and January 2009 (likely the bulk of sales). The price of this app has bounced between $9.99 and $0.99 making it difficult to estimate earnings.
#12. Pocket God - This recent hit is another entertainment app that puts you in control of a small island of inhabitants. Bolt Creative's Dave Castelnuovo revealed in a TouchArcade forum post that their app had sold about 500,000 copies as of late March. An impressive feat since it has only been around since January, earning the developers about $350,000 so far.
#19. iShoot - An artillery game by one-man company Ethan Nicholas who is the latest rags-to-riches App Store story. Nicholas revealed to the New York Times that he had made $800,000 in five months. His app has held mostly at a $2.99 pricepoint, which estimates his total sales at over 380,000 downloads.