One billionth application was downloaded from Apple’s revolutionary App Store

Apple announced today that the downloads from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world, topped one billion. The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. The winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest will receive the grand prize: $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsuleand a MacBook Pro. Today, the groundbreaking App Store has more than 35,000 applications available to consumers in 77 countries. The revolutionary App Store has been a phenomenal hit with iPhone and iPod touch users around the world. This summer the iPhone OS 3.0 software update will provide developers with over 1,000 new developer APIs enabling In-App Purchases, Peer-to-Peer connections, App control of accessories, and Push Notifications. The iPhone OS 3.0 release will also add over 100 customer features including cut, copy and paste; Spotlight search; landscape keyboard and view for all key iPhone apps; MMS support; and expanded parental controls for apps, TV shows, and movies from the App Store. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said: “We’d like to thank our customers and developers for helping us achieve the astonishing milestone of one billion apps downloaded. In nine months, the App Store has completely revolutionized the mobile industry and this is only the beginning.”