In recent days it has gone viral a question with a certain irony but quite a bit of substance:what was the first app you downloaded from the App Store? Because of course, a lot has happened since the launch of the digital app store. Everything has changed, us and our way of communicating with others.
The App Store was launched on July 10, 2008, alongside the launch of the iPhone 3G. Back then, the original store was quite simple compared to the current version. It had an icon-based user interface with categories such as “Entertainment”, “Games” and “Utilities”, with around 500 applications. Our colleague Miguel López reminds us that no He didn’t download any apps until he got home., “because at that time my data limit with the 3G connection that Movistar provided me was 100 or 200 MB.” Now let’s see what these applications are and those of the rest of the team.
These are our first apps uploaded to the App Store
And we start with the first applications of our colleague and founder Pedro Aznar. From the first day of the store launch, downloads began. There are some real gems like ‘Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D’musical applications with a certain social network vocation like Last.FM – which I still use – and the first flashlight, the essential ‘Flashlight’.
And what about the first applications of María González, our technology director? María’s first iPhone was a brand new iPhone 4, plus she has a few iPods along the way, so it’s another relationship that goes back a long way. However, the service only records purchases from 2014:
What are the first applications downloaded by César Muela, our deputy editorial director of Tech Media? Well, here you can clearly see that this is coming from Android. But hey, better late than never. That ‘Synchronized contacts‘ This gives us a clue: in fact, it still exists and it still works wonderfully.
We continue to travel to the past. These are the first apps you downloaded Javier Lacort, host and author of the daily Loop Infinito podcast and one of our most valued regular collaborators. We have to go back to 2010 to find this amalgam of apps:
And here we go with the first applications downloaded by Álvaro García, who took the plunge into the Apple ecosystem in 2013 but changed identity in 2017. By digging through old files, he was able to access the remains of his service and found some real gems, although the first application of all is the most anticipated, WhatsApp, the instant messaging application par excellence.
And we end with the first applications uploaded by Miguel López, our most experienced editor, with more than 10,000 articles published in Applesfera. Be careful because also We have to go back to July 12, 2008, only 48 hours since the ability to download apps was enabled:
How to know which app you downloaded first
In my case, I remember changing accounts in 2014
- Click or tap your finger on your profile picture
- Now in the ‘Applications’
- Now come down, scroll until you reach your first applications
- If you can’t find the first ones you remember, that means you downloaded them to another device. In this case, press the tab ‘Not on this iPhone‘.
In my particular case, I remember switching accounts in 2014 and moving some purchases from the old one to the new one that I created specifically for use on a new iMac, asking export keys for services like Logic Pro or the iWork office suite. Yes, it was one of those that paid religiously when it was first available and it already included access to Numbers, Keynote and Pages, in addition to providing services for GarabeBand and iMovies. Today, all of these apps are free and come standard on any Mac.
If this is also your case, you can locate these first purchases with the correct date by grabbing your Mac and going to ‘App store‘ by tapping the apple located in the upper left corner. Once inside the store, tap your user icon located in the lower left corner and you will only have to scroll down until you find the oldest apps you have purchased. Good luck on this trip down memory lane.
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