App Store Close to a Billion Downloads – Timer & Contest

With an average of 100 apps downloaded per second, Apple is proud to announce that it is about to hit a billion pretty soon. Currently at just over 945 million apps served, the App Store is the place to go for the chance to win a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro. You don't even have to download a paid app!

“As of today, nearly one billion apps have been downloaded around the globe,” Apple says on its web site. “So we just want to say thanks — a billion. Download an app and you’ll automatically get the chance to win a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro. Just go to the iTunes Store, browse the App Store, and download your best app yet,” a post reads on the new iPod + iTunes page.

Best of all, Apple has revealed that iPhone and iPod touch owners can download as many as 25 apps per day, none of which has to be paid. So, you can hit up the App Store right now and start downloading free apps to your heart's content. Apple is making it even easier for you to grab cool apps this time around, by setting up a page of top paid and free apps. Go here to make your pick.

According to Apple, the Billion App Countdown Promotion is open only to entrants who are 13 years of age or older at the time of entry, and a legal resident of the United States or the District of Columbia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, if available. Interested parties are advised to visit the iTunes Store front page in their respective country for details. The contest ends after the download of the billionth app.

Just in case Apple hasn't made itself clear, by downloading an app right now, you can win a MacBook Pro, an iPod touch, Apple's ultra efficient wireless solution (Time Capsule) and a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card. Basically, all you need to do is carry on your daily activities with your iPhone / iPod touch.