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.

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Apple App Store closing in on 10 billion downloads

Apple is ready to reward the lucky recipient of its ten billionth app.

Apple is quickly nearing 10 billion downloads in the App Store, and if you’re lucky enough to secure the ten billionth, you could pocket $10,000 in iTunes content. A countdown and contest details are featured on the App Store site, and as of 3 p.m. PST, there were a little over 200,000 downloads needed to reach the milestone.

Apple held a similar contest when it neared 10 billion iTunes downloads, a number that took eight years to reach. The App Store, in comparison, has needed less than three. Computer World estimates that at its current rate, the App Store will reach its 10 billionth downloaded app on January 23.

But there’s little time to celebrate before beginning the next countdown. Apple recently opened the Mac App Store, which offers the same service for Mac PCs and laptops. While limited to 1,000 apps to choose from on opening day, its content is quickly growing and it reportedly sold one million applications on its first day.

For the time being, try to calculate exactly how you can be lucky number 10 billion. Whoever can solve that equation totally deserves the prize.

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