Finally its here, the App Store has launched! To use it, download iTunes 7.7 and once you have installed or upgraded it you will be able to access the App Store at this link. You can download the Apps on iTunes now, but we all will have to wait for the iPhone 2.0 software update release to actually use them, which is supposed to happen either today or tomorrow morning!

Right now there are 27 pages of applications available, 7 pages are FREE Apps. The following Apps where the ones that where the most intriguing for me at the moment:

Facebook – duh, got to check it out – maybe it will give me a reason to get social on the web.

Pandora Radio – If you ever get used to this, you never go back. I found so many new artists that I would never had come along through this great tool.

The Remote, reQall and YPmobile – well, just would like to check it out and see if it is worth my memory usage.

Based on Kevin Rose the new iPhones are supposed to have a video chat option?

Update: June 9th – Will the new 3G iPhone be black, and have a front side camera?

This software allows you to access files on your pc by using a software install on your Pc and their Avvenu Access & Share online account.

The features are:

Share a large file or folder
Grab the documents you need
View and share your photos
Listen to your music on the go? ( got to test it )

From Avvenu:

Avvenu gives you a direct route to your stuff on your computer, whether it’s your iTunes music collection, your photos, or your documents. Plus, you can share any file on your computer, with anyone you choose. Listen to your iTunes music collection–View your photos–Grab the documents you forgot–from anywhere even when your computer is turned off. It’s a two-minute set-up, and it’s instant gratification.

Check out the C|Net Review or go to the Avvenu Website directly.

I just saw the first Screenshots on iPhone Atlas. Just like in my prior mentioned iPhone SDK post – jailbreak procedure members like Nicholas “Drudge” Penree will make sure to use this new SDK creatively. View more Images here >>

The "Jailbreak" driving force is: Information seeks freedom!

And since Apple announced today that they are going to deny unlocked iPhones to access the SDK / iTunes Store it is clear that this dark cloud will gain more strength in the future.

Based on what I read on the net this morning it looks as though no applications will be released to the users until June 08, but the developers can stard building them now – nice way of buying more time.The developer is able to join the program at developer.apple.com for $99. The application limits are: No Porn, Nothing illegal, No bandwidth hogs!

The business deal is that the developer sets the sell price and gets 70% revenue share on each sale. No credit card fees and payout is monthly.The App Store is the exclusive way to distribute your iPhone applications. Users will be able to browse applications, search or then download any App wireless to the phone.

My guess is that the progress on the iPhone market growth is slowed down based on the following issues:

3G – the EDGE is not cutting it, why can Japan enjoy fast speeds in their daily mobile experience?

AT&T - imagine how fast Apple would reach the 10mil mark if they would sell unlocked iPhones, there are plenty users out there that can live without the virtual voice mail and it would probably create a nice niche market for other competitive applications ( hint – SDK ). Come on – sell it to us at a premium price – 799$ – so we don’t have to deal with the unfriendly AT&T, then Cingular, then AT&T people. People like to have a choice, we love freedom of choice since it is a natural behavior.

Apple - I love how Steve & Co. come up with these amazing gadgets and applications but their main problem is that they are still greedy, scared to let go of the remote control. They want to make sure that you buy every song, movie, application, audio book through their system with the touch or click of a button / screen. But what their problem is that they are restricting they platform ( hint Flash ) because they want to be the only one that can deliver that media to their gadgets. Sometimes you got to "let it be" and give up the control otherwise you become the dictator, and we know that always ends.

So for the jailbraking/modding community – you probably will have the SDK info tomorrow and gain more info on how to make the activation hacks more comfortable. I always thought that these mods are for geeks like me, guys that like to have a technical personal touch on everything – optimize to the max, but when I did my dentist routine last week I found out that even he modded his iPhone

Maybe it is the fact that Flash now allows to playback h.264 videos and the capturing method would bring video mail / video chat and video posting easily to the iPhone user. But "duh" Steve ain’t going to share that story with us! Lets see what happens tomorrow – if this long awaited SDK is any buzz worth or if the Apple Stock prices are going to react again to a low blow?

Here it is, the first GPS solution for the iPhone. We already saw the PSP solution but now Nav N Go have applied their iGO My May flavor to the Apple devices. Based on Engadget the prototype on display at the CeBIT supports turn by turn directions and location finding via a WiFi key or fob. The WiFi key receives the GPS data and retransmits it over WiFi while the fob offers the option to directly attaches the unit to the iPhone or iPod Toch’s docking port.