How iPhone shapes social media
The infographics display from Apple’s WWDC conference has generated a lot of buzz. What’s really interesting is what it represents:
* There are now 50,000 + iPhone (and iPod Touch, so iPhone OS) applications less than a year since release of iPhone 3G.
* The displays are representing 20,000 of the most downloaded applications
* More than 1 billion apps downloaded, the milestone was reached in April 2009, again less than a year since iPhone 3G
* 3,000 apps are downloaded every minute
* New iPhone 3G S is faster, with video capabilities & even edit your video on the phone and share it straight to YouTube
I am an unashamed iPhone champion, I got one the day it was released in Australia. However, there are loads of detractors who keep looking for an iPhone killer, lauding Android, Blackberry and various Palm and Windows OS devices. The figures from Apple are significant enough to keep the competition at bay at least for the moment:
