Review - iPhone 3G - Part 9

With iTunes becoming the main program to manage Apple’s mobile devices, the App Store can be seen as a small store inside of the big “virtual mall” called iTunes Store. Through the App Store, Apple offers useful (and not so useful) programs that interested developers have created for the iPhone and for the iPod Touch.

With the big experience from iTunes Store, Apple has prepared a very interesting business model: the final price to the users is decided directly from the developers, and those are also able to offer their own products for free. Apple takes a percentage from the final price, while the rest is given directly to the developer.

The array of programs present on App Store is very large now, considering the relatively short period of time the phone has been available. The applications are downloadable both from iTunes or directly from the phone: if up to 10MB, it can be downloaded through the phone network; Above 10MB, only through the Wi-Fi connection.