Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Apple's 1001 iPhone Applications on the Wall

The measure of a successful technology product is oftentimes the number of applications developed for it.

This is not a tried-and-true method, but it's a good eyeball test. Computer that have lots of software applications, game consoles that have lots of games and mobile phones that have lots of neat tools are oftentimes the ones that give you the most value.

It's why we buy them.

Apple has a different approach. Mac-aholics will buy the latest gadget or gizmo regardless of applications because that's what junkies do. They need more. The iPhone, though, is getting some tracking from the mobile developer market -- maybe more traction than other phones. There are currently 1,001 software applications available for the iPhone.

This is a really big deal for two reason: people love their Macs (see above) and they love to build applications, something they don't normally get to do with Apple products.

Not all applications are created equal; however, Apple's brand is build upon personal communication and that means many of the best applications are being developed around that, which should make most folks happy (since only a few of us really want to have spreadsheets and document editing on their phones).

Posted By brad at 12:56 PM
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