Since July 2008, the Apple iTunes app store has served up more than three billion downloads, he said, and now features some 134,000 applications.

他说，从2008年7月到现在，Apple iTunes应用商店一共有超过30亿次的下载。当下，里面大约有13万4千个应用。

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Without great phones—and thus without a lot of customers—developers see little reason to bother coding up programs for yet another mobile app store.

没有一款成功的手机,或者说没有广大的客户群，开发人员很难有兴趣在另外一个应用程序平台开发程序。

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In order to develop for the app store, the developer had to sign up and pay for the ability to get the app added to the store.

为了开发应用商店，开发者必须签约付费，然后才能把应用添加到商店。

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There now are more than 1, 500 iPhone games available from the App Store, up from about 900 two months ago.

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Though some developers still release apps in hopes that their merits alone will propel them up the app-store charts, "app launches are clearly becoming more important, and a positive launch is crucial to gaining those early users, " said Jack Kent, an analyst with research firm IHS. But Mr. Kent said the buzz around a launch doesn't determine its success.

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Every customer who buys an iPhone 5 at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPhone 5 by setting up email, showing them new apps from the App Store and more, so they'll be up and running with their new iPhone before they leave the store.

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