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iPhone App Store passes 200m downloads

And Apple reveals it's now sold more than 13 million iPhones

iPhone App Store passes 200m downloads
Apple announced its latest set of quarterly financials last night, and to say iPhone was a big factor is something of an understatement.

CEO Steve Jobs revealed that the App Store has already generated 200 million downloads of iPhone and iPod touch applications. He didn't talk specifics, but a decent chunk of those were presumably games.

Meanwhile, Apple sold 6.9 million iPhones during the third quarter, taking the total to 13 million so far - ahead of the company's previously stated target of 10 million by the end of 2008.

How important is iPhone to Apple? Jobs says it currently represents 39 per cent of Apple's overall revenues (which, by the way, were $7.9 billion for Q3).

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