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iPad now has 100,000 native apps

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 30 Jun 2011 5:42 User comments (3)

iPad now has 100,000 native apps

There are now over 100,000 native iPad apps available in the Apple App Store, an impressive milestone for the tablet whose first generation model launched just 14 months ago.
By comparison, it took 16 months for the App Store to reach 100,000 apps after the launch of the iPhone.

Additionally, the figure is at least 100 times higher than Android's tablet-optimized Honeycomb which is said to have near 1000 native apps.

Apple announced earlier this year that 10 billion apps had been downloaded since July 2008, and the store now has over 350,000 apps.

The Android Market has 250,000 apps while RIM has 17,000. The quickly expanding Windows Marketplace has over 20,000 since its launch last November.

(Pic via MSNBC)

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3 user comments

130.6.2011 19:50

I don't know what a native app is but I'll bet out of 100,000 only about 10 are used. 90,000 in chinese,5,000 farts,3,000 really old,1000 half naked women,895 are stupid,10 maybe I got. the other 5 ????

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 30 Jun 2011 @ 10:39

230.6.2011 22:32

Originally posted by moondad:
I don't know what a native app is but I'll bet out of 100,000 only about 10 are used. 90,000 in chinese,5,000 farts,3,000 really old,1000 half naked women,895 are stupid,10 maybe I got. the other 5 ????

Funny 'cause it's true.
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 30 Jun 2011 @ 10:40

31.7.2011 14:06

@moondad... did you mention the copies, version numbered re-releases and the 26 language releases of the exact same app?

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