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“For all the frenzy it generated, the new iPhone 3G was actually the second most important product launched by Apple (AAPL) on July 11.

The real action was the opening of the iPhone App Store, featuring more than 500 third-party applications for the device. As I wrote in a recent column (BusinessWeek, 6/18/08), software, not hardware, is what separates the iPhone from the pack. The App Store will turn that gap into a gulf.”

O trecho acima faz parte de um artigo de Stephen H. Wildstrom para a BusinessWeek no qual o jornalista aponta os aplicativos “não Apple” presentes na AppStore como o grande trunfo do iPhone perante as outras plataformas de telefonia móvel.

Leia o artigo na íntegra.

Leia aqui outro artigo, do Advertising Age, que também defende o mesmo ponto de vista.