The App Store will hit a billion downloads at some point tomorrow, at the current rate. We’re not sure what’s going to happen to the ticker on the Apple site at that point, but somebody somewhere is going to win a huge prize. Read on to find out how it could be you.
If you’ve got an iPhone or iPod touch (or even if you don’t), head on over to the App Store for your chance to download an app before the magic number 1,000,000,000 arrives and get your name in the prize draw. Mobile Squared, a UK research company, estimates Apple’s App Store will hit the landmark 10 digits at some point tomorrow afternoon (At the time of publication the figure stands around 992-3m) UK time.
Whoever manages to nab that lucky download on the App Store will win a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro. That’s not a bad prize when you don’t even have to pay to enter.
This feat isn’t just remarkable for the prize on offer, mind. Since its launch, the App Store has revitalised the smartphone market and shown how successful third party support can be on a mobile. Everyone from Nokia, RIM and Palm to Microsoft and Samsung has launched or will soon launch an App Store imitation, and it’ll be interesting to see if any can pull the same sort of stats in anytime soon.
It also highlights the rate at which the App Store is growing in popularity. Mobile Squared also found that it took 6 months to reach 500million App Store downloads in January – the second 500m will take just 94 days at current rates.
Want to know what apps you should be downloading? Check our top 100 iPhone apps countdown.
