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Apple Launches 1-Billion-App Countdown Promotion

by Simon Ng on April 12, 2009

As of today, nearly 1 billion iPhone applications have been downloaded from App Store. That’s really amazing. To celebrate this significant milestone, Apple launches a countdown to 1 billion event that it will give away prizes including a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro.
Any iPhone user can [...]

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Another App Store Alternative – Rock Your Phone (Beta) is Now Opened

by Simon Ng on March 15, 2009

Just a few days ago, Cydia launched its Cydia store to let iPhone user to purchase paid application for jailbroken iPhone. This is the first App Store alternative since Apple’s App Store was launched last year. As of today, another App Store alternative called “Rock Your iPhone” is opened for business and target to sell [...]

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App Store: Over 26,000 iPhone Apps Available and Counting

by Simon Ng on March 11, 2009

In mid-Jan, I reported that App Store already hosted 15,000 iPhone applications and achieved 500 million download milestone. As of today, according to 148Apps.com, there are over 26,000 iPhone application available in App Store and the number is still counting.
App Store is really a great success. By simple calculation, more than 10,000 applications are added [...]

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Cydia Store for iPhone is Now Opened for Business

by Simon Ng on March 9, 2009

You may not heard of Jay Freeman. But as a jailbroken iPhone user, you should know Cydia, an alternative to the official App Store for downloading iPhone applications. And, Jay Freeman is the man behind Cydia. Today, he makes another milestone for Cydia and opens up Cydia Store that lets you purchase apps from it. [...]

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App Store: Apple Says 500 Million iPhone Applications Downloaded

by Simon Ng on January 17, 2009

Apple today announced at its homepage that it has reached another milestone for App Store — more than 500 million iPhone applications are downloaded. That’s incredible. Since the debut of App Store in early Jul, it only took Apple 7 months to reach such an amazing milestone.
Earlier on Dec 5, Apple has mentioned 300 [...]

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