You will first need a iTunes Store account. Install iTunes first by downloading from Apple website and read www.itunes.com/download. Apple will detect the operating system that you are coming from and try to present you with the right choice. The only thing you have to enter is your email address though there are a number of options that involves subscribing to their newsletter updates which are checked by default. The minimum requirement stated is at least 512MB RAM and a Intel Pentium D or faster processor with at least 1 GHz. Double click on the icon and it will launch a iTunes installation wizard. Once you have installed the iTunes program, you can create an iTunes store account so that your iPhone can be setup to download apps. You can do this in the iTunes program by clicking on the iTunes store option in the menu and selecting "Create Account". Then, once you fill up a number of information including billing information, you should be set up to start downloading iPhone apps on your iPhone.
Installing an iPhone app
Installing an iPhone app is easy. You can just go to the AppStore icon on the iPhone and touch it. You will then be prompted for your iTunes password based on the previous step before. In the iPhone apps store, you can then start by browsing "Featured","categories", "Top 25", "Search" and "Updates". As of writing, the number of iPhone apps exceed 80,000. Having an app featured by Apple definitely helps as it has been proven to increase sales of popular apps by 50% and unknown apps by many multiples.
An iPhone featured app
In order to be a iPhone featured apps, you need to consider a few factors, most of which is to really create a compelling and useful iPhone apps. Make sure you price the app right and never underestimate the value of word of mouth and marketing. Ultimately, users will get to vote on your app after using it and you want the app to be voted really high so that people who are casually browsing and comes across your app will be more likely to downoad it.
iPhone apps reviews
You can read the iPhone apps reviews right in the iPhone itself. You may also want to try this iPhone utility blackra1n. First of all, every app will have a descript.ion and you will also see a start ratings with a full 5 star rating being the best rating. The price is also clearly highlighted as well and there are also a lot of free iPhone apps on the iPhone. Too quickly see the "Top 25" apps , you can click on the "Top 25" icon. "Tap Tap Revenge" is one of the more popular apps and generally good games dominate the top 25 apps sections. If you know of specific iPhone apps you are looking for, you can also perform a search in there. Default apps such as www.Hotmail.com is already installed.
Several websites exists to serve the iPhone apps market and help to aggregate reviews for it and make it easier to browse on a website. iTuneAppReviews and AppSafari are some of the iPhone and iPod touch apps reviews site out there. Mafia Wars is one popular iPhone game.
