fantastic for him, seriously... but a sad reflection of the state of the AppStore in regard to utility/quality. stories like this bring gold diggers out of the woodwork and pollute the store, imo.<p>not trying to be a pessimist here... just venting.
The only reason he sold that much was because he was mentioned in a magazine with a massive readership. Almost any half way useful or interesting application would sell that much if mentioned in such a magazine.
Great, I still think iPhone App building will be a golden mine for some time. Anyway, he must be a great coder to be able to do such an application in only one day - almost unbelievable.
I wonder how Apple will take care of app pollution. The store works fine now that there are less than a few hundred apps in each category, but as that number grows, it will be harder to browse it in its current state on the phone.
Interesting. I had read some time ago that Apple patented the touch-based rotary dialer concept. If that's the case, I'm surprised they let this one through.