Apple officially releases App Store for iPhone and iPod touch; MobileMe updates
As noted earlier, the App Store is now officially live and available on Apple’s iTunes. Browse hundreds of free and paid-for applications which will work with either the iPhone (in original and new 3G flavours) or the iPod touch, subject to your device running the new 2.0 firmware, expected to be released tomorrow.
There’s also an update available for OS X users to support new features in MobileMe, the rebranded .mac service offering a bunch of personal email, calendar and media syncing solutions between multiple devices. If Software Update doesn’t bring it up automatically, users report checking the .mac section of System Preferences should trigger the update to call up. Let us know how you get on.
iTunes 7.7 released ahead of iPhone 2.0 software launch
Hold on to your hats: if you fire up Software Update, or head to Apple’s iTunes page, you’ll see a shiny new 7.7 version of the veteran jukebox software.
What’s new? Well of course there’s the small matter of supporting a certain new phone product Apple has something to do with. Support for software version 2.0 for both iPhone and iPod touch plus the brand new App store (apparently hidden but up and running) round up the new features.
Anyone notice anything else new?
UPDATE 1:30pm: the App Store appears to be fully up-and-running if you follow the link from the iTunes Store page. The range of apps at launch is pretty dazzling and you can download them now in preparation for your 2.0-ised software!