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A Brief History of Time in the App Store
WHAT'S IN THIS CHAPTER?
- Understanding the evolution that has led to the current App Store market
- Learning how four simple touch controls have led to a large leap forward for usability
- Finding out what's needed for an app in today's modern App Store
On July 11, 2008, Apple's App Store launched with roughly 550 apps for the iPhone — in total. Today, the App Store has roughly 500,000 apps, and is seen by savvy developers and entrepreneurs as a potentially very lucrative market that has no intention of slowing down.
Assuming that you can make your app stand out from the other apps in your niche (or even create a new one), and take advantage of the latest trends as they're really just taking shape (such as the social media wave that is discussed in Chapter 10), you have a good shot at launching a product that earns enough revenue to make it worth developing.
Because the exact intent and goal of this book is to help you develop an app that finds its audience in a competitive market, it makes sense to kick things off with an introduction to how the App Store became what it is today. Thus, this chapter enables you to see the trends that shape today's App Store market.
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