Comments on: Apple's App Store: Has it peaked? No!

By: AppBeacon - Dallas, TX

AppBeacon - Dallas, TX — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:09:45 +0000

Has it peaked? I think not. We're now at 16,697 apps. It goes up 250+ per day some times.

By: Benjamin Cox, Monterey, CA

Benjamin Cox, Monterey, CA — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:19:21 +0000

In my opinion, there is no chance that it has peaked. Not only is the community constantly generating more and more apps (and downloads), but the community is only now beginning to figure out how to sort through them all.

Once a rock-solid third-party website comes forth that lets us find and share apps more effectively, the downloads and sales will climb even more quickly in the non-Fart categories.

By: Mark from Toronto, Canada

Mark from Toronto, Canada — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:44:46 +0000

And yet the stock continues to free-fall.

By: Tony, Sydney, Australia

Tony, Sydney, Australia — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:45:39 +0000

I bought an iPod Touch for my boys at Christmas and I was amazed at how they loved it and use it more than Playstation Portable, PS2 and PS3. Things that traditionalists cite as disadvantages such as lack of physical controls doesn't matter in the slightest – quite the opposite, kids seem to love the touch controls. They now have more games than on the Playstations and it accelerates as they discover more and I get them because they are affordable.

Seems to me the App Store is going to explode in regard to sales

By: Charles Stevenson New York NY

Charles Stevenson New York NY — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:23:45 +0000

It's hard to see much on these arithmetically scaled charts. A constant rate of growth on these charts would be an upward curve.

On semi-log chart paper, a constant rate of growth would be a straight line. Then we could actually see what's happening. These charts still leave us guessing as to whether the growth rate has peaked or is still accelerating.

By: Hoadhead, Escondido, CA

Hoadhead, Escondido, CA — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:13:05 +0000

Well, what worries me is how cool Obama things his Blackberry is. Is he really that out of touch? Honestly, I was off for the weekend with a large group and the three iphones people had were the talk of the trip. Everybody wants one!

By: Tom B, Durham, NC

Tom B, Durham, NC — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:12:26 +0000

Best thing about the App Store: ANYONE WHO LEARNS TO PROGRAM FOR THE iPHONE LEARNS TO PROGRAM FOR THE MAC. And they discover that it's WAY easier than programming for Windows……

By: SkateNY, New York, NY

SkateNY, New York, NY — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:46:50 +0000

A statistcal peak is not the same thing as a flatline or a bottoming-out. The only thing the app store needs to do to continue to thrive is to keep people intereste. Facts and figures are nice; interest and buying are even better.

By: Nodack Phoenix AZ

Nodack Phoenix AZ — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:41:18 +0000

One thing is for sure. Once again Apple has done it and once again everybody else is following their lead, but slightly behind.

Apple announces mp3 players and the iTunes store. Everybody said what a joke. A year later everybody is coming out with an mp3 player ans an iTunes store clone.

An Apple touchscreen phone with a touchscreen keyboard. That will never sell. Now Blackberry announces the "worlds first" Blackberry touchscreen phone whatever that means.

Apple announces the app store and months later Blackberry and Microsoft have announced that they are going to open up their own app stores online. What a great idea.

Companies sure do save a lot on R&D by just copying whatever Apple does. Too bad that usually means they are a late to the party and the early bird gets the worm.

By: Nodack Phoenix AZ

Nodack Phoenix AZ — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:20:29 +0000

There's almost too many apps now. Who has time to look thru 15,000 apps?

It's all good though. Too bad regular macs don't have that many choices for apps.