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What do you think about the Mac App Store?
Apple's Itunes Store provides a one-stop store in which users purchase music, movies, and other forms of entertainment, leading in the digital commercial market. Itunes, the media player, can be downloaded onto any operating system the computer runs on. The Itunes Store is integrated into Itunes, an almost seamless part of the user's partaking of music.

A part of the Itunes store is the App Store, which sells applications only to be playable on specific Apple products: the iTouch, iPhone and iPad. This certain exclusivity is reminded when it is viewable to those who have Itunes but do not have the corresponding products to completely access them. The App Store is readily integrated into the above mentioned products, providing a mobile access and a reminder that it is readily available.

The acknowledgment of its commercial success by consumers is also reinforced by the successes of the individual apps Apple distributes. The variety and quantity of apps allows for a sort of personalization for the consumer. "There's an App for that" is almost a motto regarding the Store. The myriad selections offer a great range in convenience, gameplay, education and further social networking. While Apple remains their distributor, creators of the Apps vary from independent programmers to large companies.

The quantity of the Apps offers many choices to the user, but only those more closely associated with Apple and its products.