Facebook’s iPhone App Has 1 Million Users

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4phun - 26 Jul 2008 04:48 GMT

Jed Stremel, Director of Mobile at Facebook, just announced at our
Mobile Web Wars Roundtable that Facebook’s iPhone/iPod app has reached
1 million users. Facebook is currently ranked as the 6th most popular
free application on Apple’s App Store, and has been among the store’s
top applications since the store’s launch on July 10.

One million in fifteen days isn't too bad.

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Larry - 26 Jul 2008 07:09 GMT

4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:f656a243-88c3-4836-a652-
cb397f474403@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

> One million in fifteen days isn't too bad.

The server was crashing so they had to download it a hundred times to get
it all...(c;

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4phun - 26 Jul 2008 10:46 GMT

> 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:f656a243-88c3-4836-a652-
> cb397f474...@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
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> The server was crashing so they had to download it a hundred times to get
> it all...(c;

irunes App store only counts your original download. Apple reminds you
even if you only download updates that you already have the
application either on your iPhone or in iTunes. You can delete it and
a few days later change your mind and as far as Apple is concerned you
can have it again without a hassle simply because you already tried
it once.

Facebook would be tracking the unique iPhone UIDs joining their server.

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Larry - 26 Jul 2008 15:07 GMT

>> 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:f656a243-88c3-4836-a652-
>> cb397f474...@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> Facebook would be tracking the unique iPhone UIDs joining their
> server.

Yeah, I can see PAYING for a flashlite 100 times would be kind of
expensive....

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News - 26 Jul 2008 14:01 GMT

> One million in fifteen days isn't too bad.

Fanboi cult dynamics illustrated.

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zwsdotcom@gmail.com - 26 Jul 2008 23:18 GMT

> One million in fifteen days isn't too bad.

Again... WHY? The iPhone-specific webapp is much better than the
installable app, and you can switch to the full interface any time you
like. The app store verison is cut-down and doesn't perform any better
than the webapp.

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