apple_logoApple today announced that customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications in just one year from App Store, which is claimed to be the largest applications store in the world.

The App Store is growing has more than 65,000 apps and more than 100,000 developers in the iPhone™ Developer Program.

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs said:

The App Store is like nothing the industry has ever seen before in both scale and quality, with 1.5 billion apps downloaded, it is going to be very hard for others to catch up.

The revolutionary App Store has more than 65,000 apps available to consumers in 77 countries, also allows the developers to reach tens of millions of iPhone and iPod touch users around the world.

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The App Store works with both iPod touch and iPhone including the new iPhone 3GS, the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. Recently Apple has shipped over 40 million of these devices that run apps from the App Store.

Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications.

Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.