Congratulation Apple !!! The App Store launched nine months ago has just delivered its 1 billionth application download. Featuring more than 35,000 paid and unpaid iPhone/iPod Touch applications, built by thousands of developers, the App Store is currently available to 77 countries.
A 13-year-old downloaded the billionth application from the Apple App Store and stood out as the grand-prize winner in the countdown contest.
Apple has just launched the 1 Billion App Countdown promotion. Simply download an app and you will stand a chance to win a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro.
Yes, the long wait is over! Continuing the success of the first generation iPhone, Apple has just unveiled the next generation iPhone to its product line – iPhone 3G.
In term of physical appearance, the iPhone 3G features the same gorgeous wide screen display, tappered edges and glossy black/white plastic backcase. Unlike the 1st generation iPhone which sports a matte finished plastic and metal backcase, the new iPhone will attract more fingerprints and smudges, thanks to its glossy backcase. After all those complaints about the incompatible headphone jack, Apple does listen and put in a flush headphone jack for the new iPhone.
There is no upgrade to the stingy 2.0 Mega pixels camera and the iPhone still does not support video recording. Apple has incorporated a 3G chipset and Assisted-GPS to the hardware, taking a step further to speed up internet connection and improving location-tracking. Despite the higher drain of 3G data, the battery life remains solid up to 5 hours of 3G talk time and 300 hours standby.
What makes iPhone 3G truly powerful is the 2.0 firmware that comes with the highly anticipated App Store. The App Store is Apple-sanctioned, jailbreak-less source of third-party applications that offer all the functionality to the device that isn’t already built-in. While not all apps will be free, not all will be pay-for, either.
The iPhone 3G will be available in 70 countries which includes Singapore by the end of the year.
Apple has just rolled out an update to its iTunes – the application that manages multimedia for PC, Mac, iPhones and iPods.
iTunes 7.7 now brings the iPhone/iPod Touch firmware 2.0 update. Existing iPhone owners can download the firmware for free while owners of iPod Touch who want access to the App Store will need to pay a one-time charge of US$9.99.
Many expected this update to bring the Apple Music Store to Singapore, putting an end to the speculations that sparked off since 2006. Unfortunately, the update only brings an “App Store” to Singapore, no musics no podcasts and no videos.
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