300k apps have been approved for the iTunes app store

Following up on the 300k app prediction:

  • Total Apps Approved: 301316
  • Total Available Apps: 252076
  • Total Available iPhone Apps: 239210
  • Total Available iPad Apps: 23742

via iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, Deals and Discovery at App Shopper – Popular Recent Changes.

Note the near 24k apps for iPad.

Announcing Asymco Data Downloads

Much of what is published here relies on data, lots of data. It’s important that data be published along with conclusions, but data in spreadsheets is often difficult to read. Spreadsheets are not “productized” so they are hard to explain and therefore impossible to share.

However, I am considering sharing the data I have in a format that is easier to read than a spreadsheet but richer than a screen shot of a chart.

To that end I’ve begun experimenting with a solution based on a service called Roambi. Interested readers can download Asymco authored “roambi” files which I call ADDs (Asymco Data Downloads) will display rich data sets on iOS devices. These representations are interactive and easy on the eyes.

Rather than bore with details, the following images should be sufficiently descriptive.

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