[Apple] 1.5 Milliarden App Store Downloads

Apple gibt in der aktuellen Pressemitteilung bekannt, das es 1.5 Milliarden App Store Downloads innerhalb eines Jahres gab. Mit dem App Store bietet Apple momentan über 65.000 Anwendungen an, wovon etwa 10.000–13.000 Spiele sind und von über 100.000 Entwickler aus 77 Ländern stammen. Eine Zahl, die einem auf der Zunge vergeht, vergleicht man die Zahlen von anderen Anbietern wie Blackberry und Android.

CUPERTINO, California—July 14, 2009—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.”

The revolutionary App Store has more than 65,000 apps available to consumers in 77 countries, allowing developers to reach tens of millions of iPhone and iPod® touch users around the world. The App Store works with both iPod touch and iPhone including the new iPhone 3GS, the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. Apple has shipped over 40 million of these devices that run apps from the App Store.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.