techcrunch.com — iPhone apps have been downloaded 800 million times, and there are now more than 25,000 apps in the iTunes store. Apple is detailing some of the new features in the next version of the iPhone OS in apress conference going on live right now...
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ehauganMar 18, 2009
Before the Apple haters take over another Apple accomplishment article, I'll just say :800 million downloads and yet the resident Apple haters here somehow think the Palm Pre is actually a viable alternative to the "Evil Apple".Sorry, but you just wont find another phone any time soon that will accomplish what the iPhone has done.Sure, the Pre and other devices may have SOME features that come close to the iPhone, but you wont find one that is able to all the things the iPhone can do, and as easily I might add.And this is coming from someone who has gone through multiple phones (G1, Blackberry Storm, various Palm phones) recently in attempts at avoiding actually getting the iPhone.Try geting push email, calendar, contacts, app store, RSS podcasts, purchasing and downloading videos and audio, all from a single device and then syncing that easily with either a Mac or a PC. You just wont be able to match that, no matter how sweet you think you arbitrary way of trying to perform all these tasks is.Yes, its expensive and yes Apple is somewhat annoying with the way they are becoming even more proprietary, but considering the other options out there, it still a better option by leaps and bounds than anything else available or even coming down the pipe.
logandurandMar 18, 2009
App usage statistics would indicate that most programs are rarely used much past their initial purchase.
mrviklundMar 18, 2009
I love Apple! Apple is the best company ever and iPhone the best Phone ever!
mrviklundMar 18, 2009
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methodoneMar 18, 2009
Good point, but wrong article.
timuscaMar 18, 2009
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shinkouMar 21, 2009
Achievement? What kind of achievement? The number of units sold? The iPhoner population? Income generated directly or indirectly by the iPhone?I know people started failing to measure since the internet boom, but things like this just irritate me. Pathetic number worshipers. Let me tell you something, the iPhone failed making its way here in Japan because it loses to the feature-rich handsets here.