Jobs: App Store launching with 500 iPhone applications, 25% free

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jul 10th 2008 at 1:56AM

Steve Jobs told USA Today that the Apple App Store will launch with "more than 500" applications Thursday night for the iPhone and iPod touch. Of these, 25% will be free and 90% (of those for sale) will cost $9.99 or less. "This is the biggest launch of my career," said Jobs. Analyst Tim Bajarin at Creative Strategies said, "When IBM introduced the PC, it was good, but it didn't take off until people started discovering the software." It's these apps then, he adds, that will "dramatically differentiates the iPhone" from Treos and BlackBerrys. Indeed, while consumers are focused on the launch of the iPhone 3G device, it's the App Store which has analysts in such a tizzy.

Update: The New York Times reports that 1/3 of all first-wave applications will be games. We also corrected the Bajarin misquote above.

[Thanks, Matt and Chris Z.]

Filed under: Multimedia, Apple

Tags: app store, apple, AppStore, breaking news, BreakingNews, steve jobs, SteveJobs

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roach @ Jul 10th 2008 7:40AM

I am PUMPED about the free AOL Radio!! My work blocks the stream for WJFK 106.7

Now I can listen to the Big O and Dukes show whenever I want!!!

Must get iPhone...

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Ryan @ Jul 10th 2008 9:58AM

Ummm, if you would have had a Windows Mobile phone, you could have done that more than 2 years ago. Way to catch up, iPhone! Where have you been?

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Bracken @ Jul 10th 2008 8:15AM

552 by my count.

However, 437 of those are "Turn your iphone into a flashlight!" apps.

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kookoobirdz @ Jul 10th 2008 6:20PM

Gimme a full-featured PIM

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