The App Store
Well, the App Store is finally available and getting lots of attention all over the net.
First of all, got to say how truly great the App Store is. Some fantastic apps available - free and otherwise. The remote app from Apple is excellent, NetNewsWire is nice, and the Facebook app is pretty good too.
It’s a shame some developers seem to have sold out and set completely silly prices for apps that really should be free, and there are a lot of clones on there (do I need 10 sudoku apps and 17 tip calculators?)
It’s also great to see our fun little apps doing well. Both NearPics & PhoneSaber are easily in the top 50 free apps, and PhoneSaber is (at time of writing) the 5th most popular free app (beating NetNewsWire, MySpace, Twitterific & The Mobile News Network)! Also, it’s great to see almost everyone taking PhoneSaber in the spirit it was intended - a fun free app. Pointless… but fun.
Getting some attention on the net too, Gizmodo said “Lightsaber application similar to the one on Installer.app. Five choices of iPhone colors and slightly better accelerometer detection for better lightsaber sounds. Free.” Laptop Mag called PhoneSaber “The best, most useless iPhone app” and posted a moderately amusing video of them playing with it!
Enjoy the App Store everyone!
July 26th, 2008 at 8:03 am
hey i need help, can anyone out there help me?…i don’t know how to download the free stuff, i mean i just sign up today….everytime i try to download something it keeps on telling me to go to itunes….i don’t get it
July 27th, 2008 at 4:36 am
I love the light saber. Thanks!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I love the Phone Sabre app! Thank you so much for it. I wonder if the interface could be improved by using gestures to change the color (left or right swipe) and to go full screen (swipe up) and turn off (swipe down) that way you could get rid of the icons on the left side and make it less cluttered.
August 31st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
the mac box shoul provide in the “units” app the European and anglosaxon apparel sizes, such as shoe sizes (41 size) and waist (85 cm is small).global and world class traveller will find such feature of utmost utility
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I love iPipes, but wifi is sometimes hard to come by. Can you make it a native app? It’s a game that belongs in the “pay” category anyway. Too good to be free!