Apple App Store Crosses 10 Billion Downloads

Gail Davis of Orpington, UK became the winner of a $10,000 App Store gift card after she dowloaded the 10 billionth download from Apple's App Store at around 10:30 yesterday morning. 

Davis downloaded an app called Paper Glider from a small UK-based iPhone app developer called Neon Play. 

Paper Glider is currently the most popular free iPhone app in the UK.

The App store was opened in July 2008 and has since been widely emulated by rivals such as Nokia, Google, Blackberry and Microsoft.

Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said in the press release that, that the App Store had surpassed Apple's wildest dream.

There are currently more than 350,000 apps in the App store available for the iPhone, the iPod Touch, the iPad and perhaps in a near future on the Apple TV.