Apple announced 1 million 3G iPhones sold and 10 million applications downloaded from the fledgling App Store this past weekend. The App Store currently has ~800 applications available and this shows just how popular the iPhone SDK has been with developers. This is a critical turning point for the iPhone, no other phone OS (Symbian, Windows Mobile or Android) is even close to this level of integration and success with 3rd party developed apps.
Welcome to a whole new world of personal computing. Apple is leading the way and easily has first mover advantage. It will take several years for the competition to put together an SDK and HW solution that is as tightly integrated, polished and well though out. If Apple keeps up this pace of development and innovation, no one, not even Google will be able to catch them for some time. Steve Job's is a master of the game.
Here are the lines at the Apple Store on 14th st in Manhattan on opening morning.
Relevant Links:
- Full story at ArsTechnica.com, link here...
- More photos of the long lines at the AT&T and Apple Stores here.
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