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App Store hits half billion downloads

17 January 2009 4:14 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz

App Store hits half billion downloads Apple has announced that there are now over 15,000 applications available to iPhone and iPod Touch users through the App Store and that there have been just over 500 million downloads from the store since its introduction late last year.

Just last month the company confided they had 10,000 applications available and 300 million downloads from the store.

According to Jeff Holden, CEO of Pelago, 17 million iPhone owners have downloaded as many applications/software as 1.6 billion non-iPhone owners meaning Apple's creation is a smashing hit that it showing no signs of slowing down.

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