The guy’s over at Pinch Media emailed me some interesting analysis of appstore apps. I thought I’d share it:
“On AppStore launch, Pinch Media counted 552 applications - 417 of them paid, 135 of them free. Paid applications ranged in price from $0.99 to $69.99, with the most common price points being $0.99 (85 applications), $9.99 [...]
2.0 can be manually downloaded and installed. But do not do it! I tried it on my test phone and it seems to be permanently updated. You will need to wait for dev team and pwn 2.0 as a straight upgrade may be a one-way street. Understand that there is a difference between pwning 2.0 [...]
So it is very likely that FW 2.0 is released today or tomorrow by Apple. My warning to you:
DO NOT UPGRADE!
At this point, you can expect 2.0 to be locked and jailed. This means you will only be able to use contract carriers such as AT&T. You will not be able to unlock. The upgrade [...]
So in continuation of my rant on the SDK and firmware v2.0, I decided to compile a list of existing iPhone applications that I believe would be impossible or not allowed on the SDK. This is to give you an idea based on existing applications what types of things could not be done on [...]
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