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Apple's App Store: Open for Business

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 9:25 AM - by

Apple's App Store, the iTunes Store-like distribution system for iPhone and iPod touch applications opened its digital doors for business Thursday morning. The App Store is already offering over 500 applications, over 125 of which are free.

A long list of companies will be offering software through the App Store, and while many applications will be free, others generally range in price from US$0.99 to around $20. Users need to install iTunes 7.7 before they can access the App Store.


iPhone apps, isle three.

A wide range of games, productivity, finance, business, news, reference, social networking and other applications are already available.

App Store applications require iPhone or iPod touch Software 2.0. The upgrade is free for iPhone users, or $9.99 for iPod touch users. It will be pre-installed on iPhone 3G which is due to go on sale on July 11.

If the App Store icon doesn't appear in iTunes 7.7, try visiting the iTunes Store and searching for "app store." Alternately, go to iTunes > Preferences > General and check Applications in the Show section.

Interest in the App Store is already high, and will likely help drive the popularity of the iPhone and iPod touch even higher.

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jadeleary said:

member since 07 Jun 2005 with 20 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:25 am

Not available in Canada yet though...

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jadeleary said:

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Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:47 am

And now it is...!

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A guest said: (hide)

Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:18 am

WTF?! Can't see it in Atlanta, even with the iPhone connected to my MBP!

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Hieronymus Murphy said:

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Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:51 pm

"Isle" three?

Do you guys spellcheck?

And I'm a little puzzled: why do I have to run a search to find the "Apps Store?"

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Photodan said:

member since 11 Jun 2001 with 3112 posts, TMO Staff, send him a message or view his profile

Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:14 pm

Because it hasn't been officially unveiled yet. This is just a sneaky way of getting access.

-Dan

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Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:31 pm

Hieronymus Murphy wrote:
"Isle" three?

Do you guys spellcheck?

Umm... Spellcheck would not help because "isle" is spelled correctly. It's just that they wanted a completely different word "aisle" instead.

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