Friday, February 13, 2009

Coder's Half-Million-Dollar Baby Proves iPhone Gold Rush Is Still On

Coder's Half-Million-Dollar Baby Proves iPhone Gold Rush Is Still On | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

"Apple's iPhone application store is as crowded as a Beyonce concert, with more than 20,000 apps available. But one independent developer still managed to rake in $600,000 in a single month with a single iPhone game.

Ethan Nicholas, developer of a tank artillery game called iShoot, told Wired.com he quit his job the day his app rose to No. 1 in the App Store, earning him $37,000 in a single day.

'I'm not going to be a millionaire in the next month, but I'd be shocked if it didn't happen at the end of the year,' he said in a phone interview. 'If it weren't for taxes I would be a millionaire right now.'"

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