LOS ANGELES, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Apple sold one million 3G iPhones in just three days after its launch in the United States, Hong Kong and 20 other countries, the company said on Monday.
Meanwhile, more than 10 million applications were downloaded from its newly opened App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch, according to the company.
Independent developers have created mobile applications that range from games to location-based social networking. More than 800 applications are available through the App Store. More than 200 are free and those for sale cost less than 10 dollars.
On Friday, iPhone consumers, including some who waited outside Apple stores overnight, were frustrated when the company's iTunes server was overwhelmed by a global crush of simultaneous requests from new iPhone users and those updating the software for the older version of the iPhone and the iPod touch. The over-burdened system prevented some phones from immediately being fully activated.
The glitch, though, didn't appear to dampen iPhone fervor.
"iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend," Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a statement. "It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world."
