Last week was exceptional, even for the audacious world of apps. An iPhone app launched to the tune of $41 million, supplied by a cadre of blue-chip venture capitalists. In the courts, Apple sued Amazon.com over its use of the words "app store," while its suit with Microsoft over the same issue was stalled in court. Is there an app for that? In App Nation there is.
The stakes are staggering. Apple claims more than 10 billion apps have been downloaded. Google's Android Market has seen 2.5 billion downloads. And Samsung reported last week that its mobile and TV apps have been downloaded 100 million times, although only a few million of these are TV apps.
Apps are now the life and blood of the mobile phone world. And their amazing success have caused ripple waves that are nothing short of astonishing. Apple has launched an App Store for its Macintosh platform. HP says that WebOS, formerly Palm's operating system, will be ported to HP’s computer platform. This new "app era" way of thinking will transform user interfaces, by making software developers focus on simplifying things — a boon for computer users worldwide.
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Ubercool: App Nation
Posted by Michael Tchong on May 11th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
