GamesOnDeck.com - App Store Surpasses 2 Billion Downloads, Games Largest Category
Apple's App Store surpassed the 2 billion download mark, the company announced Monday, as the total number of available apps exceeded the 85,000 mark.
The App Store reached that milestone just over a year after its launch. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that the download figure includes "half a billion apps this quarter alone," indicating continuing acceleration of App Store adoption.
The App Store is a digital download service provided by Apple, usable with the iPhone and iPod Touch platforms. Apple's handheld devices have become a hotbed for game developers both large and small – out of the 85,000 available apps, about 16,000 are games, according to a report by mobile tracking firm Mobclix (spotted by VentureBeat).
That makes games the largest category on the App Store. The category with the second-highest number of apps is Entertainment with around 13,000 items. Other categories, from large to small, include books, utilities, travel, education, lifestyle, and reference.
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