Yes, he’s back.
When the Apple event started today, CEO Steve Jobs took the stage to a very long standing ovation. He used his opening remarks to talk about the importance of organ donation. Jobs noted that he now had the liver of a person in their mid-20s who died in a car crash. Jobs urged everyone to think about organ donation, as it saved his life.
After that, Jobs thanked Apple’s executive team, and especially Tim Cook, who steered Apple’s ship in his absence.
But then it was time for Jobs to quickly move into some impressive statistics. Here are a handful of them:
iPhone
- 30 million iPhone have now been sold worldwide in a little over 2 years.
There are now over 75,000 apps in the App Store- There have now been some 1.8 billion App Store downloads
- The 3.1 update for iPhone and iPod touch is launching today.
iTunes
- iTunes is now the #1 music retailer in the world
- 8.5 billion songs have been downloaded from iTunes
- There are now 100,000,000 accounts on iTunes, making it one of the largest stores on the web
- iTunes 9 is launching today, with a revamped look and feel
- It also features a Genius feature for the App Store (*ahem*)
- An easier way to organize apps on the iPhone and iPod touch
- iTunes LPs (this is the “Cocktail” feature)
Later, Phil Schiller took the stage to share some other impressive numbers:
iPod
- Apple has sold over 220 million iPods to date
- It’s one of the most successful products in history
- In the U.S., the iPod has 73.8% market share
- The next biggest MP3 player is “other” with 18%
- “Microsoft pulling in the rear with just about 1%”
- There have been over 20 million iPod touches sold.
- So combined that’s 50 million iPhones and iPod touches.
- 21,178 games and entertainment titles in the App Store now
- Compare that to 3,680 on the Nintendo DS and 607 on the Sony PSP
iPod nano
- Over 100 million sold
- By far the most popular MP3 player
- Now has a built-in video camera, and it’s 1/5th the width of a Flip cam, and is 1/10th the volume.
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did he leave anything for me?
He left you his old liver. And some tips on organ donation. Which do you choose – Trip replantation.
if your liver is not mac-compatible, you can have it back
Damn impressive numbers …Apple Rules!! Job is King!!
didn’t techcrunch say the 3.1 wouldn’t happen today?
+1
dont think i did.
No, I dont remember you or TC saying anything about this.
Even Techcrunch can make a mistake – I definitely read that techcrunch said it would not launch today. But who cares. I love it that TC is opinionated. Rather be edgy and wrong from time to time than be a WHIMP.
10:07AM “3.1 is free, and it’s available today.”
-Engadget Live Blog
30 million iPhones? What a wonderful brick!
awsome
That sucks
The most important message – sign up to be an organ donor!
You can save the lives of many once your gone …
Hey Techcrunk,
Is that the best picture of Steve you could put up?
Taken with an iPhone too I assume
yes, i updated with a better (smaller) one.
iPods with cameras???
hold your horses, not just yet.
Apple certainly rules, which is why i got an Apple Tattoo today.
http://twitpic.com/h2×45
dude u could of just lifted up your sleeve instead of taking ur shirt off
If Jobs wanted he could create a second scientology with his habilities to persuade people… i like apple, i admire Jobs… but i hate the fanboys
You realize that makes no sense. If you like Jobs at all, then you must be a “fanboy” right?
Deviance from the Redmond dogma will not be tolerated.
I think I need to (finally) convert my cell phone to an iPhone.
Well done… 30M Iphones in 2 years, is that the quantity of phones Nokia sell in 2 weeks?
That would be relevant if the Nokia had anything even remotely comparable. They don’t.
Aside from the N-series, Xpress musics, E-series and forthcoming X series you mean?
You do realise that Nokia smartphones comprehensively outsell the iPhone everywhere except the US where Nokia have no share, right?
Voice commands still on just the 3GS?
Problem for Nokia is that it is losing money on its phones while Apple making boatloads of money on its phones.
Except it isn’t otherwise it would be making a loss which it isn’t.
Try again.
Steve Jobs appeal for the Gift of Life through organ donations is most appreciated.
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Nothing Mac related? My MacBook Pro is the only Apple product I’ve ever owned… show us some love, Steve! But I guess this was an event about Apple peripherals…
not really surprising given how apple now does these events. i bet we see something mac-related next month.
Great post, MG. I like the way you laid out all the stats. I wonder if Steve Ballmer is laughing outloud now about these stats. Likely he is cursing his team.
The most interesting statistic in the bunch was that Apple has 100,000,000 consumer accounts, all of which are linked to credit cards. This seems to offer Apple the opportunity to create a payment system that goes far beyond iPhone downloads. Why not pay for my Starbucks coffee or fill the parking meter with my iPhone?
If I were PayPal, I’d be paying close attention…
Wonder how hard MG nutted when Steve came out …
+1
“The next biggest MP3 player is “other” with 18%” – whats “other”?
meaning a bunch of ones that are bunched together as none is big enough to be mentioned on its own.
Hmm, was that 20-something crash victim texting on his iPhone while driving?
(sorry…couldn’t resist)
Caution with the 3.1 iPhone update. I got a error message (23) and my phone was reset.
To bring the iphone back was needed to restore to the factory settings to complete the update.
That’s it?
So are there plans to add a camera to the ipod, or are they leaving that feature out so as not to cannabalize iphone sales?
If they can fit a camera into the nano it cant be a technical reason is holding them back. Right?
apples bank wont be struggling for capital will it.
I want to see a big sexy picture of Steve
Dont you guys have to be able to afford health care to pay for surgery or something?
without MMS, the iphone is no better than that dinosaur that my dad refuses to give up. Wonder if AT&T and apple will ever give us that feature. Verizon is looking better and better with every passing day.
Steve Jobs looks like Ghandi and tells the world the future of Apple is in gaming (back to the future as Steve and Woz started with Ping-Pong).
Microsoft has proved that gaming is not an easy game.
apple stat on steve return.
1.8 billion App Store downloads NOT counting updates! This is really amazing.