It’s been just a year since the iPhone App Store was first announced – though it wasn’t until a few months later that it opened for business. And today it’s being reported that …
- The number of apps approved for the store has passed the 25,000 mark.
- There are now more iPhone OS apps than Windows Mobile apps – despite the nine year head start that WinMo had.
- It has more apps focused on rude bodily noises than any OS in the history of mankind.
Well, I made the last point up – but even so that’s a pretty amazing first year since being announced …
Despite all the fart apps, and the stacks of bizarre and rubbishy apps that have made their way into the store, I still think it – and the good and powerful apps it contains – is the most exciting thing about the iPhone. It will continue to be so as well – and we’ll see more and more powerful apps as the phone itself gets improved hardware specs in future models.
There are a number of major flaws with the App Store – things like the ‘there is no system’ approach to approvals and rejections of apps, the lack of trial software (though Lite versions are making this less painful), the lack of a ratings system and Apple’s apparent censorship of material they deem potentially offensive. My biggest wish list item is an apps management solution (from Apple or a 3rd party) that lets you manage and arrange your apps much, much more easily on home screens – and an approval for an app launcher app of some kind.
What are your favorite and least favorite things about the App Store?
Via: iPhone Central and 148apps
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