Apple sells by 1 million iPhone 3Gs; by 10 million downloads from App store

Apple has reason to celebrate. The company reported that it had sold by one million iPhone 3G’s by Sunday.

“iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”

The launch of the much hyped iPhone 3G wasn’t without problems. Apple servers, due to excessive traffic, had reached the breaking point and in some cases stopped working. society purchasing the iPhone 3G in Apple and AT&T stores were sent home to activate it at home via iTunes.  At home, some users still ran into problems activating their new phones.

I have to confess I was slightly surprised when I heard that news. Apple has had months to prepare for opening day. Based on the reaction to the first generation iPhone, Apple should have expected that type of reaction. Perhaps it exceeded Apple’s wildest expectations. It makes you wonder what type of sales Apple would have that past weekend whether it hadn’t run into problems?

Another hot place to be while surfing the net was Apple’s App store. by ten million applications were downloaded by the weekend. I joined the masses that flocked to the App store. I did experience a few delays on opening day however that past Monday when I purchased applications for my newly purchased 32GB iPod touch I didn’t experience any issues. IPod touch users have the option to download iPod touch software 2.0 for $9.95 which will enable them to gain access to the App store, and have access to MobileMe.

When the App store opened its virtual doors, it had just by 500 applications. Now there are by 800 applications to choose from. The majority of the apps are less than $10 and there are plus 200 free applications available.

For those who purchased the iPhone 3G did you run into any problems?  Did any of you iPhone or iPod touch users download any apps? Let us know in the comments section.

Orginal post by Opal Tribble

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