Apple’s App Store reaches 3 billion downloads, Steve Jobs disses the competition

Ilinca Nita  By on 05 Jan 10

Few hours ahead of Google’s grand unveiling of the Android Nexus One smartphone, Apple announced that its App Store passed the 3 billion downloads mark  – only 18 months since it was launched (in the summer of 2008).

With the occasion of this announcement, Steve Jobs kind of dissed the competition (Google’s Android platform included) by saying: “The revolutionary App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch users an experience unlike anything else available on other mobile devices, and we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon.”

Apple App store 3 billion downloads

I’m not sure what he means by “anytime soon”, but I really think that the Android Market can quickly reach the Apple App Store’s success.

I say this because the Android Market already has more than 20,000 applications, and this year we’ll surely see many, many new Android smartphones, launched by big manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, LG and so on. More smartphones = more users = more developers interested in making Android apps. And while there will be lots of Android handsets around, Apple will probably (still) have only the iPhone and iPod touch to lure users to its App Store with. But I guess we’d better wait and see how things are standing after 2010 is gone.

Via Press release

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  • Bob

    Steve Jobs = douchebag
    Someone needs to explain to him that Google is not Microsoft.

  • Kilari

    Small words by a small man. LOL. I only say that cus saying stuff like that it petty. I would expect better of you Jobs, but just like Verizons CEO you just have diarrhea of the mouth.

  • http://www.uncorkedventures.com/WineClubs wine club

    Personally, I'm incredibly excited to see where Android can go. Having worked on an Iphone app I understand how difficult the approval process is….you basically need an insider for any type of quick approval.

    Come on Google

  • http://www.uncorkedventures.com/WineClubs wine club

    Personally, I'm incredibly excited to see where Android can go. Having worked on an Iphone app I understand how difficult the approval process is….you basically need an insider for any type of quick approval.

    Come on Google

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