PRESS RELEASE
September 28, 2009
Apple’s App Store Downloads Top Two Billion
More Than 85,000 Apps Now Available for iPhone & iPod touch
MARKHAM, Ontario—September 28, 2009—Apple® today announced thatmore than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionaryApp Store, the largest applications store in the world. There are nowmore than 85,000 apps available to the more than 50 million iPhone™ andiPod touch® customers worldwide and over 125,000 developers in Apple’siPhone Developer Program.
“The rate of App Store downloads continues to accelerate with usersdownloading a staggering two billion apps in just over a year,including more than half a billion apps this quarter alone,” said SteveJobs, Apple’s CEO. “The App Store has reinvented what you can do with amobile handheld device, and our users are clearly loving it.”
Today, iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries worldwide canchoose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, includinggames, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. With therecently introduced iTunes® 9, it’s now easier than ever to organizeand sync your apps right in iTunes and they will automatically appearon your iPhone or iPod touch with the same layout.
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