iPhone and iPad App Sales Already Worth a Billion Dollars

The New York Times reported today, that iPhone and iPad app sales are already worth a billion dollars, the article adds that waiting to get started building apps might not be a smart approach.

Anticipating this push, the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University is providing an app development workshop on April 24-25 for web developers who know HTML and JavaScript and who want to start building apps now. You can register and learn more about the workshop, which is co-sponsored by Appcelerator, here.

Here are the key paragraphs from the New York Times:

For small developers, the stakes are high. Having an app accepted for a highly coveted Apple product means reaching a passionate group of consumers who have demonstrated their willingness to spend over and over again on applications for mobile devices like the iPhone and iPod Touch. The potential revenue is huge; the apps market for those two devices alone is already worth a billion dollars a year in sales.

Adding to the urgency was the knowledge that many of the earliest apps for the iPhone ended up being among the most successful. A slow start with an iPad app could mean getting lost in the clutter of Apple’s crowded online store.