You volunteer to participate by switching Genius on for apps. This button, which was new with iOS 3, operates very much like Apple's Genius playlists.

Each app bears the same information: name, maker, rating, number of reviews, and price. When you tap What's Hot at the top of this screen, you see a list of the most-downloaded apps on the service. At the bottom of this list, you'll find the now-familiar Redeem entry, which works exactly as it does in the iTunes Store app. Tap New, and you'll see a list of notable apps-some free, some for sale-that have been added to the App Store recently ( Figure 4.3).įigure 4.3 Featured apps from the App Store.Įach entry includes the app's name, its maker, its user review rating (one to five stars), the number of reviews it's received, and its price. You'll find three buttons at the top: New, What's Hot, and Genius. Tap the first icon in the row, and you move to the Featured screen. Tap the App Store icon on the iPod's Home screen, and along the bottom of the resulting App Store screen, you'll see the five icons necessary to make your shopping experience as enjoyable as possible. The App Store offers an interface similar to what you find at the iTunes Store. In this section, I show you how it works. The App Store offers apps that you must pay for as well as scads of free ones, so even the most cheapskate iPod touch owners among us will find lots to like at this store. The App Store is a service, hosted by Apple, that lets you download apps created by Apple and third-party developers to your iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, or (via the iTunes Store) computer. IPod touch Pocket Guide, The, 2nd Edition

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