Apple App Store tops 10,000 applications

(Credit: CNET Networks / Josh Lowensohn)

Apple has announced catalog and download numbers for iPhone applications in the form of a full-page ad that ran in Friday's edition of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

The ad, which can be seen after the page break, boasts that more than 300 million applications have been downloaded from a catalog that now tops 10,000 different apps. That information confirms recent reports on the total number of available programs. Still missing, however, is any sort of breakdown on how many of those 300 million downloads were free versus paid applications.

As Apple pointed out in an e-mail to CNET News, the App Store launched in early July with just 500 applications, and has reached the 10,000 benchmark in less than half a year.

The ad, which appeared in several major newspapers Friday, showcases several popular apps, as well as indicating the size of the App Store.

(Credit: Apple)

[Hep Cat]

That's 10,000 developers with Macs.

[Hep Cat]

Or rather, that's 10,000 apps written on Macs. In a short time.

[websterphreaky]

Really WHO CARES, REALLY!!

iPhones and Smart Phones are the smallest part of the mobile phone market. And with a world-wide recession / depression, it will stay that way.

[Perry_Clease]

A lot of people care. Just because you don't care doesn't mean the story shouldn't be covered. Note that you care enough to make statement on the subject

[ballmerisanape]

Apple's sales #s for the iphone and touch tell a different story.

[kanny6]

By July 2009 you can expect - 1B app downloads, 25K apps, 30M iPhones - <a href="http://iphonedev.in">iphonedev.in</a>

[-AppleSux-]

so what, 10,000 useless apps are still useless

[AppBeacon]

We are now tracking 15,036 apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. They broke 15K in about 1 month.