Dr. Kim over at MacRumors points out the special iTunes page that highlights some of the app store favorites as it begins to celebrate a year of marginalizing the importance of music and photos on your iPod/iPhone as it has mine.Here's what the page says underneath the graphic:
"Light a candle and cue the music. Okay, forgive us for sounding like doting parents, but we’re just so proud-having watched the App Store go from promising newcomer to full-fledged revolutionary. To celebrate its first birthday, we’ve gathered some of our favorite games and apps. Part fun. Part function. Entirely amazing."
Once I moved to the iPod Touch and began to download apps, the thought of needing my 60GB 5th Gen iPod began to fade away. Certainly I use the apps more than I listen to music or podcasts or watch video.
The apps also make a powerful pull against iPhone users moving to another mobile platform, as yes, there is pretty much an app for everything. Palm, Android, Rim and Windows mobile will of course bolster their offerings, but if you are a Mac user, do you really want to duplicate the experience of having a smaller number of software offerings as you do on the desktop platform versus the vast range for the PC. These folks are in software Nirvana.
Of course the argument here is that more apps doesn't necessarily mean better ones (search for tip calculators). But it does show where the major software developers are at the moment, and as long as Apple can keep the momentum going, we'll see McDonald's type signage saying "Billions and Billions served."
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