The countdown to mark the 1 billion download for iPhone App Store, which began with much fanfare on April 10, 2009 ultimately managed to reach its finish line on April 23, 2009. It also ended the speculation about the lucky iPhone use who finally became the proud winner of the $13,000 booty in Apple stuff. The winner will receive from Apple $10,000 in iTunes credit, a 17" MacBook Pro, a 32GB iPod touch, and a Time Capsule priced at a retail value of $13,746.
However, industry resources have quoted this as one of the finest moments for all the iPhone app developers who had a gala time selling their software on the platform – thanks to the brilliant marketing minds of the sponsors of the event. Yet, the application developers are worthy of being appreciated for making the iPhone world exciting and helping in transforming the iPhone OS into something enjoyable for all.
Little did one expect that the promotion announcement for the ‘One billion app download’ in early April would get such marvelous response, and gain such momentum to achieve the mark in a matter of just 13 days. Reports show that Apple had already predicted the ‘landmark day’ for the 1 billionth download as April 23, 2009 considering the current trend of roughly 5.1 million downloads per day, on an average.
As the world waited to witness the download of the one-billionth iPhone application, the D-day finally arrived on April 23, when the countdown page suddenly flipped to the webpage written ‘Thanks a billion.’, marking history being made with the just the flip of a switch by Apple Inc. The milestone is considered a landmark achievement and the many believe the ‘Thanks a billion’ note conveys the heartiest gratitude to the millions of people who have made this possible in only a matter of nine months.
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