The new applications only come about because some need that was too costly to fulfill in the past suddenly becomes economical through this process.

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As Saul Hansell at The New York Times pointed out, the browser is poised to unlock a slate of new applications in the years to come.

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The best part of the developer program is that it promises to keep cranking out new applications for the old iPhone for years to come.

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You'll have to move the program, of course, because new appliances probably will come bundled with trial versions of their appliance applications.

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Hundreds of applications pour in each week, and out come the announcements of new Softbank allies: PeoplePC, Webvan, Global Sports, InsWeb.

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While customers streamed by to grab iPads, software developers who had created applications for the new device were eager to talk to the reporters who had come to cover the frenzy.

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Ever richer video content will challenge network transport as well as long term protection technologies and these high economic value applications will drive new storage introductions (and business opportunities) for many years to come.

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