iTunes Hits 250,000 Apps In the App Store 
According to two firms who track iTunes App Store data, Apple’s App Store has reached a very significant milestone. Even though the App market place for iTunes has only been in existence for 3 years, the Store has surpassed a quarter of a million applications that are available.
The website 148apps.biz today announced that as of Friday, the App Store is now passed 250,000 applications, just a mere 2 years and 49 days after the App Store was launched.
What kind of content is the most popular in the App Store? Books now have overtaken games as the biggest group of content in the App Store, taking up 17% of all content available in the market. Another interesting statistic, 70% of all apps in the App Store are paid.
If you’re an iPad user, you’ll be happy to know that this iconic tablet device has more than 25,000 apps for it, representing a very healthy ecosystem for this new class of portable computing device.
Justin from Mobile Marketing Watch points out that with the 250,000 apps now available, the overall count of all apps in all app stores (Android Market, Palm Store, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry App World) is now about 500,000.
So – how many applications is too many? Have we reached saturation yet? This is an interesting discussion that I hope draws some healthy debate.
I feel that if you have an interesting application idea, don’t let these figures deter you. Develop it and market it to the best of your ability! Get it out there and let the market decide whether it flies, or fails!
Hurrah!


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