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Can you name an Apple like app store before the iPhone? The closest you can come is Nokia and Symbian and that was a download an executable type thing. An app

Can you name an Apple like app store before the iPhone? The closest you can come is Nokia and Symbian and that was a download an executable type thing. An app store as we understand it today where you click a buy button and the app installs on your computer was an Apple innovation

comm_it 15y ago
I think innovation is a big stretch. Incremental improvement would be much more accurate.
onosendai 15y ago
Define "Apple like". A polished graphical interface to a centralized software repository that enables one click installation of software packages? May I present to you Synaptic: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Synaptic_%28software%29 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Synaptic_%28s... Fits the bill, minus the polish. And that's really where Apple's genius is, polishing the hell out of a concept in order to make it desirable. Just don't pretend it's an original concept.
bryanlarsen 15y ago
Linspire's click 'n run from 2002: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNR_(software) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNR_(software) edit: which of course, is just apt-get/synaptic + the ability to pay money. All of the real innovation came from Debian.
extension 15y ago
Steam
Pewpewarrows 15y ago
Wrong. See my comment above about the Danger Hiptop.
teamonkey 15y ago
Given that the Apple app store was launched in 2008... Steam - 2004 Xbox Live Marketplace - 2005 Playstation Store - 2006 Playstation Store for handheld gaming devices - 2008
generalk 15y ago
* Danger Hiptop, though that's been mentioned in other places. * My Verizon featurephone had a "Verizon Wireless Store" where you could purchase little apps and games. * Linux package managers have been doing this for literally years, just not on mobile devices and without GUIs. I appreciate that Apple's done good work but they built on the shoulders of everyone that came before them.
poppysan 15y ago
The My Tmobile store was filled with apps and games. and this was 1999 when I first got a phone. The only difference is the name...

comm_it 15y ago

I think innovation is a big stretch. Incremental improvement would be much more accurate.

onosendai 15y ago

Define "Apple like". A polished graphical interface to a centralized software repository that enables one click installation of software packages? May I present to you Synaptic: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Synaptic_%28software%29 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Synaptic_%28s... Fits the bill, minus the polish. And that's really where Apple's genius is, polishing the hell out of a concept in order to make it desirable. Just don't pretend it's an original concept.

bryanlarsen 15y ago

Linspire's click 'n run from 2002: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNR_(software) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNR_(software) edit: which of course, is just apt-get/synaptic + the ability to pay money. All of the real innovation came from Debian.

extension 15y ago

Steam

Pewpewarrows 15y ago

Wrong. See my comment above about the Danger Hiptop.

teamonkey 15y ago

Given that the Apple app store was launched in 2008... Steam - 2004 Xbox Live Marketplace - 2005 Playstation Store - 2006 Playstation Store for handheld gaming devices - 2008

generalk 15y ago

* Danger Hiptop, though that's been mentioned in other places. * My Verizon featurephone had a "Verizon Wireless Store" where you could purchase little apps and games. * Linux package managers have been doing this for literally years, just not on mobile devices and without GUIs. I appreciate that Apple's done good work but they built on the shoulders of everyone that came before them.

poppysan 15y ago

The My Tmobile store was filled with apps and games. and this was 1999 when I first got a phone. The only difference is the name...