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Downloads of IPhone 3G applications hit 10 million the first weekend
Downloads for the 3G Apple iPhone topped 10 million in the first weekend.
Users are doing multiple downloads, probably because there are 200 free applications on the iTunes site where there’s a list of the top mobile programs. There are also 600 applications that you have to pay for. In the top 10, they range from 99 cents to $9.99.
Steve Jobs says that 90 percent of the applications are less than $10.
There are some really useful mobile programs such as one free applications called Where. It allows users to search for locations such as pizza places and gas stations and then gives the address and directions to any one of them by touching the location on the screen.
There are also some silly applications, like PhoneSaber. It creates a picture of a Star Wars light saber on the screen and then makes its buzzing sound when the phone is waved back and forth. Another toy, this one for $2.99 cents, called iBeer, has a picture of a foamy mug of the suds on the screen. When you move it back and forth, the suds move, too.
The most popular free application is Remote, a program that allows users to control the tunes on their computers remotely over a Wi-Fi network. And among pay programs, Super Monkey Ball, at $9.99, is tops. It’s similar to the Sonic the Hedgehog or Super Mario Brothers games.
If you see anything that really wows you, let me know.
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