Literature Review

The App Store is a service for the iPhone and iPod Touch created by Apple Inc. which allows users to browse and download applications from the iTunes Store. Some of the applications are free to be downloaded while some are not. As of November 4, 2009, there are over 100,000 third-party applications officially available on the App Store, with over 2 billion total downloads within fifteen months.

Short as it is, the article mentions the key advancement and shortfall of the iPhone, mainly its applications function, affectionately called ‘apps’. I would not exactly say that it is a one-sided report, but purely a statistical one on the outstanding financial achievements that the vast variety of apps brought about.

On the whole, the article is a ‘yawn’. Didn’t say anything that we don’t already know. She probably can answer her own question on what is your favourite app to add a dash of personal touch. Haha.

I do not own an iPhone, but i do have the iPod Touch which works just the same except for the phone part. Just like what one of the tweets says, basically you can get almost anything out of it: fun baby torture games, stabbing-fingers-till-you-see-blood game, apps that make no sense to serious and useful ones like dictionary and transport stuff which I secretly adore. You know you have to pray to God when you took the correct bus and reach your destination in one whole piece. Appmen.

Here is the link of the article: http://mashable.com/2009/11/04/app-store-100k/