With iPhone 2.0 out and with it the ability of iPhone users EDGE or 3G as well as iPod Touch users to use third-party software, what can one expect from licensed apps from Apple? That is, assuming you do wouldn’t rather go the jailbreak way (our little poll overwhelmingly favors jailbreak, FYI).
Pinch Media gives us a bird’s eye view of the App Store. You can call this a snapshot of the App Store a day after launch. More apps will be added eventually, of course. At what rate, we have no idea There were 652 applications available when Pinch Media did their categorization, 150 of these applications were completely free. see graph above. There are a good amount of one-dollar apps as well. But, frighteningly, about a hundred cost a whopping 10 dollars.
The vast majority of applications are in the entertainment and games categories and only 10% of these types of apps are free. Most social networking apps are of course free as well as the news apps. See another chart after the break.
[pinchmedia via gmp3]
July 12th, 2008 at 6:20 am
so excited about these apps. i think that is why so many people waited on line for days for the 3G. i live in NY and have been amazed to see the lines at the apple store forming… check out some video and pics that i found:
http://www.expotv.com/promo/iphone_3g
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