According to the chief executive of GetJar, a leading independent application store:

“Apps will be as big if not bigger than the internet.

They will peak at around 100,000 by the end of the year. That will be a tipping point and after that there will be a gradual fall in the rate of development.”

They add: “The full blossom will come in ten years and mobile apps will become as popular as websites are today with consumers.”

Apple currently runs the most popular application store with over 65,000 applications. Just last week it notched up another milestone with 1.5 billion downloads.

Its success was a shock both to Apple and the industry. And now every smartphone company is trying to do the same thing, from BlackBerry makers Research in Motion to Nokia.

All of these Apple app’s are on the iPod touch available here at AJ Electronics, for a full specification please click here.

The Apple iPod touch is certainly an all rounder for summer, providing most of the functions need for a long journey and lazy summer days.

The gadget enables you to download applications from the Apple’s iTunes App Store, so you can load Lonely Planet guides for your destination, for example, as well as currency converters and phrase books.

It also doubles as an iPod, so you can store thousands of songs; plus games, television shows and films from the iTunes store.

The iPod touch uses a Wi-Fi connection to log on to the internet, and boasts a full web browser, so surfing the net whilst on the go is quick and easy.

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1. Despite having plenty of bands to listen to it is important to have some music for the journey and during the intervals. So why not invest in an Apple iPod, you will be able to store all your music in one place and listen to it at your leisure.

2. Now you’ve got your iPod you’ll need a speaker system to listen to it on, the Logic3 IP102B – i-Station Traveller is perfect for this. You will be able to share your music and have your own little disco inbetween the music.

3. Seeing all your favourite bands and spending quality time with your friends are memories you’ll want to keep forever. So a digital camera is an essential item, the Canon IXUS95 IS ideal but here at AJ Electronics we offer a wide variety to cater to all tastes.

4. As well as capturing still images of all the action why not also take along a Video camera to capture all your funny moments on film, like this Samsung HMX-H104BP Full HD SSD Camcorder.

5. Another good way to keep entertained when the rain comes, or when you’ve had enough raving is to watch DVDs on a Sony DVPFX875B Portable Player. Just make sure you remember some DVDs to watch!

All of these products are available at AJ Electronics, so why not order yours today ready for Glastonbury.

AJ Electronics have the full range of iPods from the iPod Touch to the iPod Shuffle, here are just some of our latest offers with substantial savings on most of the iPod Range.

We also have a range of iPod Accessories including FireWire cables, iPod Docks and iPod cases available.

The new iPod shuffle is similar to the older model in that it has no screen but is around half the size of previous models.

The device includes software that will not only tell the user verbally what track is playing but will also vocalise playlists and the amount of battery life remaining.

Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Product Marketing said:

‘Imagine your music player talking to you, telling you your song titles, artists and playlist names.’

‘The amazingly small new iPod shuffle takes a revolutionary approach to how you listen to your music by talking to you, also making it the first iPod shuffle with playlists.’

The vioce software is installed on the user’s computer and downloaded to the device so that it can speak in 14 languages, including English, Czech, Dutch, and French.

The Apple device will be available in silver and black and is $10 more than the older 2GB shuffle it replaces.

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The first Apple MacIntosh went on sale on January 24th 1984. This was the first commercially successful home computer to feature both a mouse based input system and a graphical user interface. It came with two applications; MacWrite and MacPaint – signalling the birth of desktop publishing and word processing. Although it only had 128 kb of memory and a 8mhz processor, it was still revolutionary in its time.

The second version of the Apple Mac met with stiff competition with the release of Windows ‘95 and the company suffered as a whole when Steve Jobs, a co-founder, left the company after a series of disputes.

in 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple and used his vision, business acumen, eye for detail and formidable negotiation skills to revive the Apple brand and the iMac was launched with a new sleek design.  Under Jobs’ watch, the Macintosh range gradually evolved from dull beige boxes to design icons in their own right. Apple began to build a reputation not only for solid and easy-to-use software, but for beautiful gadgets that could be lusted over as well as used.

1998 saw the launch of the iBook. Its compact proportions together with its cute, clamshell design proved to be particularly poplular with women and was a turning point in the company’s fortunes. The trendsetting character Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City was an avid fan of the iBook. This was perhaps the start of Apples cult status.

In 2002 Apple released a cleverly designed all in one iMac, which proved to be extremely easy to use and futuristic in its appearance.

In 2007, Apple changed its name from Apple Computers to simply Apple Inc. reflecting a wider focus for the company, and an acknowledgement that cutting-edge gadgets, such as the iPhone and iPod, were helping to bring its technology to a wider audience, and in turn driving consumers to discover other Apple products – younger consumers in particular associated Apples products as cool and ‘must haves’.

By late 2008 laptops were outselling desktop computers and to embrace that Apple announced a new look MacBook range fashioned from aluminium and glass.

What will the next 25 years bring for Apple?

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The iPod Touch is a portable media player and Wi-Fi mobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch has the iPhone’s multi-touch interface, with a physical home button off the touch screen. The home screen has a list of buttons for the available applications. All iPod Touch models have included the applications Music, Videos, and Photos), iTunes (providing access to the Wi-Fi Music Store), Safari, YouTube, Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Calculator, and Settings

New applications including a VPN client, scientific calculator and access to third party applications were released as an upgrade on July 11,

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