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Apple's iOS App Store hits 10 billion downloads, gives away $10,000 gift card

by Samuel Gibbs on January 24, 2011 at 04:10 AM

We knew it was coming, but now Apple has announced that a British woman, Gail Davis from Kent, downloaded Paper Glider to take the Cupertino-based company over the 10 billion threshold. That's 10 billion app downloads, in two and a half years, to more than 160 million iDevices worldwide.

A significant milestone indeed, and to celebrate, Apple gave away a $10,000 iTunes Gift card to the lucky Brit. Of course Davis, displaying typical British cynicism, actually hung up on Apple's VP of iTunes, Eddy Cue, when he told her what she'd won the prize, thinking it was a scam call. Classic.

Tags: App Store, Apple, apps, AppStore, iOS, iPhone

source: Apple

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NyaRJan 24th 2011 5:08AM

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I'd hang up too, what the hell am I going to do with 10,000 of free music? And why would I want iTunes on my system??? Rather have a $36 pandora membership to be honest.

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RenzaticJan 24th 2011 12:23PM

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This is for the iOS app store, man. This means she has $10,000 to blow on music, apps, games, or whatever else is available there.

Not too shabby.

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CommenterJan 24th 2011 5:56PM

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CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE THE 10 BILLIONTH DOWNLOADER!!! YOU HAVE WON A $10,000 PRIZE!!! CLICK HERE TO REDEEM!!!

I would have done the same as the Brit :-)

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lywell86Jan 25th 2011 3:20AM

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Cool and amazing, congrats to Apple!
Well, Im not the lucky 10,000,000,000th downloaded, but Im one of them ;)
I just got the iFunia Mod converter for my Panasonic digital camcorders, and works great on the tod files.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ifunia-mod-converter/id405209815?mt=12

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MatmiFeb 4th 2011 6:04AM

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Incredible number of downloads. 3 billion more downloads that people alive today! We actually know the guy whose App was the 10 billionth – http://www.matmi.com/blog/index.php/apple-reaches-another-milestone

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