Apps !

   Since Apple created the IPhone, a world has been created on June 28, 2008: the App Store! The App Store is a platform which provides digital applications. In other words, from an IPhone you can browse and download any App. They can be free or sometimes you have to pay for it. At the very beginning, only 500 apps existed. On January 2009, already 500 millions apps had been downloaded.

Here is a graph showing the number of Apps downloaded since the beginning:

 

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   An app can be compared to a service. An app is a service located on your IPhone that provides you whatever you need. For example, if you are looking for which bus you need to take to go somewhere, you just need to download tfl uk (London’s train and bus services) on your IPhone and you can search for all the information you need regarding buses and trains.

Who creates Apps ?

Anyone who wants to! As soon as you think that you have a good idea for an app, something that could help people, make them laugh, teach them something or solve a problem, it can be a good idea!

Here are the tools you need (from http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/11/how-to-create-your-first-iphone-application/)

▪ join the Apple iPhone Developer Program ($99) 

▪ get iPhone or iPod Touch 

▪ get an Intel-based Mac computer with Mac OS X 10.5.5

▪ prepare a Non-Disclosure Agreement 

▪ download and install the latest version of the iPhone SDK 

▪ a spiral bound notebook

  It is also advised to do a market research before you start because it can be an idea that someone has already had… or it can be something that nobody needs except you… TAKE YOUR TIME to analyse the situation!

Then there are a lot of steps to follow, design, programs etc… And finally submit your app to Apple Store. Try to promote your apps after that…

The average price of an app is 1.49 Dollars. According to Munster, Apple earns only 13% of the amount.

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