Iphone App Store open for business

APPLE HAS OPENED THE DOOR of the App Store allowing proud owners of a shiny new (or battered old) Iphone to dowload a bewildering array of fully sanctioned applications.

We were expecting a couple of dozen programmes to hit the store on opening day, and for a trickle of new offerings to appear over the coming days and weeks, but what beheld our eyes was truly a magnificent sight.

Hunderds of tiny applications, from every walk of life, stretching as far as the eye can see.

This is a totally unscientific list based on a quick browse, and I'm sure some apps are included in more than one category, but this gives you some idea of the scale of things:

That's 884 applications according to our big giant novelty calculator from the Pound Shop, quite a few of them free, all waiting to clog up your Iphone's hard drive.

If you've ordered the 8 gig handset you might want to reconsider. But we've been told that some retailers, including certain branches of The Carphone Warehouse, won't be getting ANY 16 gig models at all on launch day, tomorrow.

The App store is still hidden to less curious punters, but if you boot Itunes (If you ain't got Itunes... yer not coming in) go to the Itunes Store, and do a search for 'App Store'.

And behold the many-spleandoured wonderousness. µ