Earlier this week, Leander predicted that Apple would sell its ten billionth app this coming Friday, giving the lucky App Store downloader a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card to mark the occasion. CoM Reader Allan disagreed, arguing that it was more likely to happen on Saturday evening, PST.
Here’s some more soothsaying to consider, if you’re holding off on buying some apps in hopes of winning the Golden Ticket: a new website called tenbillionapps.com has launched, and it is counting down to the ten billionth app in projected real time.
When does tenbillionapps.com think the milestone will be reached? Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 at 12:31pm EST.
Of course, I’m not sure how much any of us should really be chomping at the bit to win the $10,000.00 gift certificate anyway. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but won’t the winner have to pay roughly $2,500 out of pocket in taxes to the government… and considering the fact that most apps cost between $1 and $5, you’d be unlikely to ever get your money back from “winning” for several years, if not a decade.
