It's difficult to believe the App Store didn't exist just 3 years ago, yet since it's launch in the summer of 2008 the App Store has now just seen it's 10 billionth app downloaded.
Check out the asymco blog for some interesting stats and analysis of the App Store and how app downloads compare to music downloads.
The interesting phenomenon of mobiles Apps is such that it'll be interesting to see how this market matures over the next few years: will users be more reluctant to ever switch from one mobile platform to another due to their investment in apps on their current mobile platform? I certainly wouldn't want to have to re-purchase apps I bought for my iPhone on the Android if I ever made the switch.
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