Apple has announced that more than 1.5 billion applications have now been downloaded from its App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. The news comes less than three months after the store passed the 1bn downloads milestone.Some other stats: there are now more than 65,000 apps available on the store, while 100,000 developers have registered with Apple's iPhone Developer Program. Meanwhile, Apple has updated its device sales figures, revealing that it's now sold more than 40 million iPhones and iPod touches. That means that the average user has downloaded more than 37.5 apps for their device.However, there's speculation around how many of these apps are actually paid for: AppleInsider suggests that for every one app that's bought, anywhere from 15 to 40 free apps are downloaded. That's not great news for developers looking to make their fortunes on the App Store, although it's fair to say a lot of music apps fall into the free category.
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