Comments on: Steve Jobs: 60 million iPhone apps downloaded

By: William, Brookfield, WI

William, Brookfield, WI — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:09:37 +0000

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By: Dreamdeceiver, Silicone Valley

Dreamdeceiver, Silicone Valley — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:58:53 +0000

Make that 60,000,001 sweety.

By: Roman, Cambridge, MA

Roman, Cambridge, MA — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:43:38 +0000

@Bellingham –

I got one a week ago: my company pays for the AT&T plan (they don't care whether I get an iPhone or a Blackberry) so I only had to pay for the device itself. I had push email working from day 1 – in fact, I get mail there even faster than Outlook on my Windows laptop. Calendars work seamlessly. Network reception decent – at least not worse than Verizon and the POS LG device I owned before…

Long story short, for every story of disappointment, there is a story of satisfaction. I would advise you to check your company's Exchange server settings.

By: Andy, Washington DC

Andy, Washington DC — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:32:52 +0000

Finally a few days of good news with Apple resulting in a nice run up of the stock price. I bought the stock when it was $189 just before the 3G Iphone launch. It's good to see it going back towards $200, where it should be based on it's pipleline. The Apps store like a big winner for Apple. As app fees start to go up, so will the share of revenues to Apple.

By: Gregory Staehli, lausanne, switzerland

Gregory Staehli, lausanne, switzerland — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:26:00 +0000

hi,

i live in switzerland but internet is supposed to be global, specially for application that are free…. i cannot get the application from the us store. I have an iphone but i am disapointed by the lack of transparency of apple regarding its system with itunes, application and iphone.

Apple has no idea of internal menu of a phone.

cheers

G. Staehli

By: Sacto Joe, Sacramento, CA

Sacto Joe, Sacramento, CA — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:59:23 +0000

This is the "second wave" I saw coming a couple of months back. As news of the App Store circulates, it will drive more customers to the iPhone. By Christmas, the "third wave" will be in sight, and it could be a tidal wave.

But the real money will be in the new Apple customers for their other products, as new people come in to the Apple stores and get a gander.

I went to the Apple Store this weekend in Sacramento, and there was STILL a line out front to buy iPhones! Granted, it had shrunk to about 50 or so, but you also have to consider that the store itself was jammed with people. I understand they've increased the employment to 120 (they didn't let anyone go after the Christmas buildup), and are still looking to hire another 20 or thirty.

Frankly, I think they're going to have to consider knocking down a wall.

By: Walwus, jacksonville, Fl

Walwus, jacksonville, Fl — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:39:46 +0000

It's funny that Apple seems to be focusing on "I Am Rich" as the malicious application to remove just because it's expensive and worthless, although I hear the red ruby is pretty to look at. Actually it sounds like some other products that people sell. Thing is, I Am Rich is not malicious, it's just stupid but a fool and his money are soon parted, so people will be dumb enough to buy it and thats their problem if they do. What Apple is doing is good ol' fashion censorship.

Mark my words, Apple will be having alot more of these "judgment call"s in the future and fan boys can call it Apple protecting consumers but all Apple is really doing is proving they are about unprovoked censorship.

Good job Apple, I always thought the Constitution was bit out of date.

By: Rattyuk, Miami, Fl

Rattyuk, Miami, Fl — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:06:46 +0000

Pinch Media's data is kind of unimportant. I think the amount of time an app is used on a daily basis is irrelevant. It doesn't make it a good or bad app. Some of the apps are definitely crap, some are fantastic. An amazing app might only need to be run for a minute or two on a daily basis to keep you informed or whatever.

By: Ashley Grayson, Los Angeles, CA

Ashley Grayson, Los Angeles, CA — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:55:01 +0000

PED's done a nice roundup and it seems some sources are trying to draw dire conclusions from benign data. That apps are only used once a day is not a measure of anything when you consider that lots of the apps are tip calculators or milage records. My apps include Bloomberg,OmniFocus (a GTD organizer), and Currency (rates). I only use these on the iPhone when traveling so my per day rate is low, but how often can a person want to compute a tip? I'd be more worried if Super Monkey Ball was used 20 times a day.

By: Bellingham WA

Bellingham WA — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:56:34 +0000

My iPhone along with 1000's of other iPhones are nothing but a toy. It will not sync with Outlook no matter what I've tried. Many iPhone users have this same issue and let's not get started with Mobile Me. As for the 3rd Party Applications available via Apple Store, many of these applications cause the phone to crash and freeze up.

My recommendation to anyone thinking about buying an iPhone; go to the iPhone Support site at apple.com and read the 1000's of post from users with iPhone problems….do this before you buy an iPhone.

If you want a toy, the iPhone is your gaget. If you want a phone capable of managing your business contacts and calendar…find something else.