App Store Launch: 552 Applications, 135 of Them Free
iPhone developer house Pinch Media has analyzed the App Store numbers, listing the number of apps and what they will cost you. Apple's App Store, where customers can buy applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, opened its doors Thursday morning. According to Pinch Media: On AppStore launch, Pinch Media counted 552 applications - 417 of them paid, 135 of them free. 552 applications at launch is a pretty impressive number, especially if you consider less than 20 applications were available for the iPhone and iPod Touch prior to today's launch. That said, locked-in and exorbitant phone network pricing plans and iPhone third-party development restrictions could possibly put a crimp on growth while open-sourced and Linux-enabled mobile operating systems like Open Moko and Android threaten to catch up.
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